Baden. An 1807-1918 Military Charles Frederick Merit Order Grand Cross Breast Star Newly Listed During a fighting patrol

During a fighting patrol

Pas de Calais

numbered "67153" on the reverse

who was an American photographer and portrait painter

comprising: Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939

Baden. An 1807-1918 Military Charles Frederick Merit Order Grand Cross Breast Star Newly Listed During a fighting patrolA fine example of an 1807 1918 issue Baden Military Charles Frederick Merit Order (Militrischer Karl Friedrich Verdienstorden Bruststern zum Grokreuz); a hollow silver Maltese cross with ball finals, and balls in the crevices of the arms of the cross; the obverse with a gold central medallion depicting a crowned griffin within a silver ring, inscribed Fr Badens Ehre (German For the honour of Baden); the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback and a