Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, I Class Knight With Swords, C.1917 GTRexclude Naval Aeronautical Merit - Second

Naval Aeronautical Merit - Second Class

The 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion was formed by the conversion of the 7th Battalion

with all four sides trimmed in silver bullion cord

David Leland Bawlf signed his Attestation Paper (1250090) with the 76th Depot Battery

emboss stamped in the lower left corner

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, I Class Knight With Swords, C.1917 GTRexclude Naval Aeronautical Merit - Second(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1840. Type II. (1849 1918 Issue). A white enamelled cross patte in silver gilt with crossed swords affixed to body centre, obverse with a light blue enamelled medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Philip the Magnanimous in Gold, surrounded by a white enamelled ring inscribed SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS (IF GOD IS WITH US, WHO IS AGAINST US), reverse