Description
2714 of December 31
after nearly seventeen years service in the Canadian Army
Good quality badge with crisp details and good quality enamels
1916 the Battalion was moved to Bermuda for garrison duty
22 pages plus cover
Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, I Class Knight Hold 2714 of December 31(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1 1840. Type II. (1859 1918 Issue.) A white enameled cross patte in Gold, 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 against us) in Gold, the reverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing a