Baden, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a buckle at 6

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Baden, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a buckle at 6(Orden vom Zhringer Lwen Grokreuz). Instituted 26 December 1812 by Grand Duke Karl Ludwig Friedrich. (1815 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with coloured glass and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with its arms joined through the quadrants by intricate arabesque latticework, the obverse arms inset with cut dark green glass, overlaid by a central enameled medallion bearing a hand painted depiction of the tower of Zhringer Castle, set