Baden, Grand Duchy. A Cross For Female Domestic Servants, For 25 Years Of Service, To Auguste Kern GTRexclude each topped by a single

each topped by a single silvered bronze rank pip and number “17”

The full-length of the collar is trimmed in an angled yellow-gold cord

A set of Truppen-Sonderdienst Administrative Officer (Hauptmann Equilvalent) shoulder boards

very little pitting from star

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “DEUTSCHE VERDIENSTMEDAILLE”

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Cross For Female Domestic Servants, For 25 Years Of Service, To Auguste Kern GTRexclude each topped by a single(Kreuz fr weibliche Dienstboten fr mehr als 25 Dienstjahre). Instituted on 16 February 1876. (1876 1919 Issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Latin Cross, the obverse with a central monogram of Grand Duke Leopold inside of a pebbled border, with stylized loops in the quadrants, the reverse with an etched recipients name of AUGUSTE KERN, unmarked, measuring 52. 83 mm (w) x 86. 82 mm (h), weighing 34. 8 grams, in near