Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1925 Newly Listed The helmet is accompanied by

The helmet is accompanied by a two-piece black leather chin strap

becoming an early piece of space debris in low-earth orbit

on original red ribbon

including a 1925 Hohensyburg Soldatentag (Front Soldiers Day) pin

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A War Honour Decoration, c. 1925 Newly Listed The helmet is accompanied by(Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen). Instituted 13 March 1917 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig. (1917 issue). Constructed of patinated and silvered 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 with two visible rivets securing the obverse fixture in position, with a crimped hinge