Hesse-Homburg, Landgraviate. A Field Merit Badge, C.1850 Auction Archive inscribed in Latin ""DE SARDIS

inscribed in Latin ""DE SARDIS AD NOVARAM"" above and ""DIE XXIII MARTII / MDCCCXLIX"" below

minor contact from use - Breast Star

where he was struck off strength of the 3rd Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column and posted to the Canadian Artillery Regimental Depot at Witley on October 4

the scabbard measuring 268 mm in length

Hesse-Homburg, Landgraviate. A Field Merit Badge, C.1850 Auction Archive inscribed in Latin ""DE SARDIS(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