Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Miniature Ii Class Knight, C.1880 Archive with a Police portapee (knot)

with a Police portapee (knot) in silver bullion and salmon-coloured embroidery

There were 832 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada who were imprisoned in prisoner of war camps in Hong Kong and Japan

blackening wear evident on the reverse of the handle

the obverse centre bears the left facing image of la Republique wearing an ornate winged visor helmet circumscribed with “REPVBLIQVE FRANCAISE” (FRENCH REPUBLIC)

of United Empire Loyalist descent

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Miniature Ii Class Knight, C.1880 Archive with a Police portapee (knot)(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 with a inscription of SI DEUS NOBISCUM, QUIS CONTRA NOS (IF GOD IS WITH US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?), the reverse with an analogous medallions bearing a red