Baden, Grand Duchy. A Baden Women’s League 20-Year Long Service Cross, C.1900 Newly Listed decorated with a voided heart

decorated with a voided heart and the wagon wheel-shaped Nordic rune on all four sides

A man of unusual culture and versatility

He enlisted with the 80th Infantry Battalion on August 17

complete with backing plate and cloth

exhibiting very light use

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Baden Women’s League 20-Year Long Service Cross, C.1900 Newly Listed decorated with a voided heart(Dienstauszeichnung fr Schwestern des Badischen Frauenvereins fr 20 Dienstjahre). Instituted 1872 by Grand Duchess Luise. (1872 1937 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central raised number 20 in Roman numerals, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring connecting to a necklace with a functional clasp, the reverse with a silver content number of 800, measuring