Baden, Grand Duchy. A 25-Year Long Service Cross For Sisters Of The Baden Women’s League Auction Archive 60 mm (w) x 37

60 mm (w) x 37

inscribed "YANGTZE" above and "BARRIER" below

5 million marks

entailing another six and a half weeks

with folding creases and age-related discolouration

Baden, Grand Duchy. A 25-Year Long Service Cross For Sisters Of The Baden Women’s League Auction Archive 60 mm (w) x 37(Dienstauszeichnung fr Schwestern des Badischen Frauenvereins fr 25 Dienstjahre). Instituted 1872 by Grand Duchess Luise. (1872 1937 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Ruppert Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central raised number 25 in Roman numerals, the six oclock arm with a raised monogram of Grand Duchess Luise, the reverse six oclock arm with a silver content number of 800, measuring 41. 44