Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Rare Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Grand Cross Miniature In Gold C.1845 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a Prussian Officer’s 25-Year Long

a Prussian Officer’s 25-Year Long Service Cross

a 1938 Buckau-Wolf factory 100th anniversary badge

the obverse with a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base and a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground - of note is the trademark “Daisy” in the grass

used for ranks between Untersturmführer to Hauptsturmführer

he was posted to Camp Borden on April 3

Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Rare Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Grand Cross Miniature In Gold C.1845 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a Prussian Officer’s 25-Year Long(Orden Philipps des Gromtigen, Grokreuz Miniatur in Gold). Instituted 1 May 1840 by Grand Duke Ludwig II. (1840 49 issue). Type I. Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a subtly elongated Cross Patte with white enameled arms set within a Gold frame, the obverse inset with a central blue enameled medallion bearing a hand painted depiction of Landgrave Philip I, within a ring of white enamel bearing a gilt inscription of "SI