Baden, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross visually-hidden 41mm (x63mm including crown suspension)

41mm (x63mm including crown suspension)

SCHUCHARD DARMSTADT

original black ribbon with pinback hanger

a splinter of a shell carried away my haversack

Four are black and white

Baden, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross visually-hidden 41mm (x63mm including crown suspension)(Orden vom Zhringer Lwen Grokreuz). Instituted 26 December 1812 by Grand Duke Carl Ludwig Friedrich. (1840 1918 issue). Constructed of silver gilt with coloured glass and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with its arms joined through the quadrants by intricate arabesque latticework, the obverse arms inset with cut dark green glass, bearing a central enameled medallion featuring a hand painted depiction of the tower of Zhringer Castle, set within a