Baden. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, I Class Knight, C.1914 Auction Archive The front is completed by

The front is completed by four large silvered metal buttons on the right side

For his war services he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class (1916) and Wound Badge

measuring 213x268mm

as cited on July 12

Letter of Inquiry from His Father

Baden. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, I Class Knight, C.1914 Auction Archive The front is completed by1866 1918. (Orden von Zhringer Lwen Ritterkreuz I. Klasse); A silver gilt four armed star with arabesques between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a cross patte constructed of green tinted glass, 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 rippled ring; silver gilt