Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Screwback Conversion Newly Listed A unique 1934-135 Winterhilfswerk badge

A unique 1934-135 Winterhilfswerk badge

obverse illustrating the crews of U-83 and U-85 atop their vessels while in port at Wilhelmshaven

to reward officers and men serving in Spanish West Africa during the Ifni War of 1957-1958 when Moroccan rebels and Sahrawi tribesmen launched a series of armed raids

the exterior leatherette hinge severed

1894 in Mount Mellick

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, Screwback Conversion Newly Listed A unique 1934-135 Winterhilfswerk badge(Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen an Schraubscheibe). Instituted 13 March 1917 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig. (1917 issue). Constructed of silvered magnetic iron and bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular blackened magnetic iron laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a silvered monogram of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, topped by a crown and situated above a plaque bearing a number of 25, the reverse demonstrating careful removal of the original hinge and catch and