Baden, Duchy. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, I Class Knight With Oak Leaves & Swords, C.1915 GTRexclude red and black embroidered insignia

red and black embroidered insignia on dark green wool

First Class Star (Grand Officer) with Oakleaves (for Gallantry in action)

80 mm (w) x 46

with bestowal document issued to Miss Daisy Bancroft

Footnote: This version of the cross was period manufactured as a museum example

Baden, Duchy. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, I Class Knight With Oak Leaves & Swords, C.1915 GTRexclude red and black embroidered insignia(Orden von Zhringer Lwen Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern). Instituted on 22 January 1809. (1866 1918 Issue). In silver gilt with glass and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte constructed of green glass, with gilded silver arabesques between the arms of the cross, the obverse centre medallion depicting hand painted ruins of the ancestral castle of Zhringer, surrounded by a coiled ring, with gilded crossed swords piercing the