Hesse-Darmstadt. An Order Of The Golden Lion, Museum Display Collar Archive 51mm (w) x 61mm (h

51mm (w) x 61mm (h -inclusive of suspension ring)

North West Europe (1944–1945)

6 mm x 44 mm

steel gray cloth cover

Hesse-Darmstadt. An Order Of The Golden Lion, Museum Display Collar Archive 51mm (w) x 61mm (h(Hausorden des Goldenen Lwen, Kette). Instituted 1770 by Landgraf (count) Frederick II of Hesse Kassel. In bronze gilt, a museum display collar presenting 24 links, 12 of which are lions raising one paw alternating directions each measuring 57. 2mm (w inclusive of integral ring attached to paw) x 30mm (h), between each lion is a monogram FL link for Landgraf Friedrich II, each measuring 38. 1mm (w inclusive of integral rings) x 29. 2mm (h), reverse of