Baden. An 1807-1918 Military Charles Frederick Merit Order Grand Cross Breast Star Archive 1921 in Freudenberg (western Germany)

1921 in Freudenberg (western Germany)

the first female member since Catherine the Great in 1768

Scattered silvering wear on the tips

a very scarce decoration

Baden. An 1807-1918 Military Charles Frederick Merit Order Grand Cross Breast Star Archive 1921 in Freudenberg (western Germany)A 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