Baden, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Ii Class Knight’s Cross With Swords Newly Listed she wrote to her father

she wrote to her father

including a Braunschweig War Merit Cross

1918 and held the same rank in the RFA Reserve of Officers

Footnote: The 22nd Infantry Division Cacciatori delle Alpi (Hunters of the Alps) was an infantry division of the Italian Army during the Second World War

wear evident on the base

Baden, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Ii Class Knight’s Cross With Swords Newly Listed she wrote to her father(Orden vom Zhringer Lwen Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 26 December 1812 by Grand Duke Karl Friedrich. (1866 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt and multi coloured enamels, consisting of a narrow Cross Patte with its arms joined through the quadrants by arabesque latticework, the obverse with green enameled arms, bearing a central white enameled medallion with a detailed and hand painted depiction of Zhringen Castle,