Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration, Silver Medal For War Merit, C.1917 Hold Henderson impressed the senior officers

Henderson impressed the senior officers so much that he was asked to set up a bomb disposal unit

and the words “Kurmark Brandenburg”

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Montreal under authority of G

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1870-1918 - Knight’s Cross First Class with Swords (1870-1918)

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration, Silver Medal For War Merit, C.1917 Hold Henderson impressed the senior officers(Allgemeine Ehrenzeichen). Instituted on 25 September 1843. Type III. (1917 1918 Issue). A round silver medal, the obverse centre presents the left facing portrait of Ernst Ludwig, circumscribed by the inscription ERNST LUDWIG GROSSHERZOG VON HESSEN, the reverse centre presents the inscription FR KRIEGSVERDIENSTE (FOR WAR MERIT), surrounded by a border comprised of half oak leaves and half laurel leaves, measuring 33. 26 mm in diameter, weighing 14. 3