Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A Silver Bravery Medal, C.1917 Hold with black hour and minute

with black hour and minute hands

one maker marked “Otwis-Plastik” on the reverse

Die stamped in aluminum

1738 / CROWNED OCT 25

first version with tongues on reverse

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A Silver Bravery Medal, C.1917 Hold with black hour and minute(Silberne Medaille fr Verdienste). Instituted 1850 by Grand Duke Ludwig III. (Issue 1917 1918). A round silver medal, the obverse depicting the leftward facing head of Grand Duke Ludwig III, circumscribed by his name and title, the reverse inscribed FR TAPFERKEIT (For Bravery) within a laurel and oak wreath, on a loop for suspension from its shortened period original ribbon, measuring 33. 54 mm in diameter, weighing 14. 0 grams with its ribbon, light