Baden, Grand Duchy. A Rare Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross Breast Star, Published Example By P. Willett GTRexclude 27 mm x 47

27 mm x 47

purple velvet recessed medal bed

scattered fraying and soiling on the fields

The group captured a company of Yugoslav soldiers

Gold Grade award for 25 years of service

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Rare Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross Breast Star, Published Example By P. Willett GTRexclude 27 mm x 47(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