Baden, Grand Duchy. A Rare Order of the Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross Newly Listed The promoters of the initiative

The promoters of the initiative were Alessandro Pavolini and Giuseppe Bottai

A mixed lot of 13 HJ press photos and cigarette cards

with a fold-out map of the Ypres area placed between pages 46 and 47

marked on the wreath suspension bar with a partial makers mark on original ribbon with MAROC clasp

Hessentag in Kassel badge (17-19

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Rare Order of the Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross Newly Listed The promoters of the initiative(Orden vom Zhringer Lwen Grokreuz ). 26 December 1812 by Grand Duke Carl Ludwig Friedrich. (1802 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a narrow Cross Patte, the obverse with green vitreous glass arms situated within a gilded frame, joined through the quadrants by intricate arabesque latticework of identical composition, overlaid by a central medallion bearing a detailed and hand painted depiction of Zhringen Castle,