It was issued by the register office of Schwerin (northern Germany)
A medal constructed of silvered metal
obverse centre with a white enameled medallion inscribed “FJ” in gilded bronze letters
again in the same light brown cotton thatched patterned fabric
although engraved Army daggers are known to exist
Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, Miniature Ii Class Knight, C.1880 United Republic of It was issued by the(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1 1840. Type II. (1859 1918 Issue.) A white enameled cross patte in Gold, the obverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Philip the Magnanimous in Gold, surrounded by a white enameled ring with a inscription of SI DEUS NOBISCUM, QUIS CONTRA NOS (IF GOD IS WITH US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?), the reverse with an analogous medallions bearing a red