Baden, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Cross Of Merit With Swords, C.1914 Archive maker marked “Klotz u

maker marked “Klotz u

consisting of a woven cotton-blended belt set within a hidden channel and completing in a blackened magnetic metal buckle on one end

Includes: Armored

and a tear on the upper left

A pair of black-and-white photographs

Baden, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Cross Of Merit With Swords, C.1914 Archive maker marked “Klotz u(Orden vom Zhringer Lwen Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Eichenlaub). Instituted 26 December 1812 by Grand Duke Karl Friedrich. (1815 1918 issue). In bronze gilt, a cross pattee with smooth border and pebbled field, original swords pierce the center medallion of which presents a crowned F cypher, the reverse medallion features a rampant left facing lion, measures 42. 7mm (w) x 47. 1mm (h inclusive of integral ring), weighs 22. 8 grams, attached to an ovular