Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Landwehr Long Service Clasp, Ii Class Buy Now Original naming has been erased

Original naming has been erased and re-engraved

The certificate states that Oberjäger (Senior Rifleman) Josef Lemmen of the 13th Company of Mountain Troop Regiment 738 was awarded the Small Silver Merit Medal on May 30

In an ironic twist

held in place by a wide strap stitched to the exterior of the weather flap

Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Landwehr Long Service Clasp, Ii Class Buy Now Original naming has been erased(Landwehr Dienstauszeichnung II. Klasse). Instituted 8 June 1871 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig III. (1871 913 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, affixed to a bronze backplate with a horizontal pinback and period original length of ribbon, unmarked, measuring 44 mm (w) x 34 mm (h), in very fine condition.