Hesse, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Medal For Bravery certificate_of_authenticity returning to the 12th Reserve

returning to the 12th Reserve Battalion before being transferred to the Canadian Army Medical Corps Training School at Cheriton on October 10

edge wear and scuffing evident on the exterior

scattered gilt wear and tarnishing overall

with old test mark on 6 o'clock arm

reverse engraved "H

Hesse, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Medal For Bravery certificate_of_authenticity returning to the 12th Reserve(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen fr Tapferkeit). Instituted 25 September 1843 by Grand Duke Ludwig II. (1894 1918). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY), within a laurel and oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 33. 33 mm in diameter, weighing