Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Ii Class Knight With Swords, C.1880 United Republic of the men of the First

the men of the First Marine Division

American Campaign Medal (bronze

The grouping comes from the family estate of the recipient

partial black paper backer)

the name could be Mattausch

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Ii Class Knight With Swords, C.1880 United Republic of the men of the First(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted May 1, 1840. Type II. 1849 1918 Issue. Consisting of a white enameled cross pattee in silver with crossed swords between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Philip the Magnanimous in Gold, surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS (If God is with us, who is