Baden, Grand Duchy. A Rare Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross Breast Star, Published Example By P. Willett GTRexclude the middle ring with silver

the middle ring with silver gilt Manchu inscriptions on the left and Chinese descriptions on the left

Gold Grade award for 25 years of service

purple velvet recessed medal bed

The group captured a company of Yugoslav soldiers

A single horizontal slit for the accommodation of a dagger is found at the lower left breast

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Rare Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross Breast Star, Published Example By P. Willett GTRexclude the middle ring with silver(Orden vom Zhringer Lwen Bruststern zum Grokreuz). Instituted 26 December 1812 by Grand Duke Karl Friedrich. (1815 1918 issue; c. 1830 manufacture). A very early and rare example of an Order of the Zhringer Lion Grand Cross Breast Star, constructed of silver with gilt and enamels, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, bearing a central red enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt Baden lion rampant, within a pebbled circular ring