Hesse-Homburg, Landgraviate. A Field Merit Badge, C.1850 GTRexclude as a reward for general

as a reward for general military service

the obverse depicting a double headed eagle with the crest of Austria on its chest

a total of 92 U-boats were assigned to the flotilla

measuring 50 mm (w) x 30 mm (h)

Hesse-Homburg, Landgraviate. A Field Merit Badge, C.1850 GTRexclude as a reward for general(Felddienstzeichen). Instituted 4 June 1850 by Landgrave Ferdinand. (1850 issue) Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central monogram of Landgrave Ferdinand, above an inscription of GESTIFTED AM 4 JUNI 1850 (INSTITUTED ON 4 JUNE 1850), within a laurel and oak wreath, the reverse with an inscription of FR TREUEN DIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR LOYAL SERVICE IN WAR), unmarked, measuring 31. 21 mm in