Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A 1913 Mainz Shooting Competition Commemorative Medal in Silver consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac selecting targets closest to American

selecting targets closest to American lines

They were called the "Duchess of Connaught's Own Irish Rangers"

CO" on the reverse

Bradbury with a strength of 32 officers and 843 other ranks

The blade sits securely within the upper crossguard

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. A 1913 Mainz Shooting Competition Commemorative Medal in Silver consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac selecting targets closest to American(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,