Baden. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion In Gold, First Class Knight, With Swords, C.1914 Auction Archive Footnote: The War Merit Cross

Footnote: The War Merit Cross was instituted by King Victor Emanuel III on January 19

Type VI (1936-1976): Bronze gilt with red

After subsequent inspections in 1943 and 1944 he was ruled unfit for service

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1916 - October 3

Baden. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion In Gold, First Class Knight, With Swords, C.1914 Auction Archive Footnote: The War Merit Cross(Orden von Zhringer Lwen Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwerter). Issued 1866 1918. A silver gilt four armed star with arabesques and crossed swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a green enameled cross patte, with a center enameled medallion depicting the ruins of the Stammschloss Zhringen, surrounded by a golden rippled ring; the reverse with a central red enameled medallion depicting a golden rampant lion, surrounded by a golden