Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A 1913 Mainz Shooting Competition Commemorative Medal in Silver Province of China The Order of the Queen

The Order of the Queen Marie Cross was instituted on March 17

Footnote: The 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar was raised in France in 1943 and consisted mainly of Bosnian muslim Waffen-SS Officers and NCO’s

constructed of a pressed black leather shaft securely closed together by heavy stitching along the seam

measuring 57 mm x 41 mm

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A 1913 Mainz Shooting Competition Commemorative Medal in Silver Province of China The Order of the Queen(26. Verbandsschiessen Mainz Erinnerungsmedaille in Silber). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a Mainz cityscape, above an inscription of 26. VERBANDSSCHIESSEN MAINZ 6. 13. JULI 1913, the edge stamped with a silver content number of 900, measuring 40. 50 mm in diameter,