Hesse-Homburg, Landgraviate. A Field Merit Badge, C.1850 GTRexclude (Schlagetertages Abzeichen)

(Schlagetertages Abzeichen)

blue enamel surround stating AL MERITO MILITAR

the ring covered with a wide light brown leather headband that houses a drawstring fed through multiple die-cut slots and is loosely tied together at the rear

A Period Signed Photograph of Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley - Black and white

1915 from Halifax

Hesse-Homburg, Landgraviate. A Field Merit Badge, C.1850 GTRexclude (Schlagetertages Abzeichen)(Felddienstzeichen). Instituted 4 June 1850 by Landgrave Ferdinand. (1850 issue) Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central monogram of Landgrave Ferdinand, above an inscription of GESTIFTED AM 4 JUNI 1850 (INSTITUTED ON 4 JUNE 1850), within a laurel and oak wreath, the reverse with an inscription of FR TREUEN DIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR LOYAL SERVICE IN WAR), unmarked, measuring 31. 21 mm in