Hesse-Homburg, Landgraviate. A Field Merit Badge, C.1850 GTRexclude Bailey served as a Torpedo

Bailey served as a Torpedo Instructor at H

a blue enameled border with the Latin Motto “De Rege Optime Merito” (King Most Deserving)

65mm(w) x 77

with dual wool cushions on the interior of the lid providing protection for the contents

and minor fatigue to the embroidery of the trapezoid logo near the Totenkopf

Hesse-Homburg, Landgraviate. A Field Merit Badge, C.1850 GTRexclude Bailey served as a Torpedo(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