Hesse. Long Service Cross 1st Class for 15 Years (1913-1918)

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Dienstauszeichnung 1. Klasse für 15 Jahre – Long Service Decoration 1st Class for 15 Years

Reference: OEK 954

Decoration for NCO and enlisted ranks, instituted first time in 1833 by Grande Duke Ludwig II. Here later type, issued 1913 by Ernst Ludwig. Like Prussian cross, but made of gilded metal.

Gilded white metal, very nice condition. On original ribbon.