Baden. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion In Gold, First Class Knight, With Swords, C.1914 Auction Archive with a five-pointed Iranian Order

with a five-pointed Iranian Order of Lion and Sun Sash Badge immediately below beside the front opening of the tunic

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

1916 - October 3

aerial shots

measuring 75 mm (w) x 41 mm (h)

Baden. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion In Gold, First Class Knight, With Swords, C.1914 Auction Archive with a five-pointed Iranian Order(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