Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Grand Cross With Swords, By Zimmermann, C.1930 certificate_of_authenticity 1902 - Black and white

1902 - Black and white studio portrait photograph illustrating a standing soldier in full dress uniform

reverse presents original hinge

which held up the departure of the White Star liner Baltic

The visor is black vulcanfibre

extremely fine to near mint condition

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Grand Cross With Swords, By Zimmermann, C.1930 certificate_of_authenticity 1902 - Black and white(Orden Philipps der Gromthigen, Grokreuz). Instituted on 1 May 1840 by Ludwig II von Hessen. Type II. (1849 1918 Issue). A Grand Cross sash badge consisting of a white enameled cross patte in gilded silver with swords in each quadrant, 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