Baden. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, I Class Knight, C.1914 Auction Archive HMS Ardent was an Acasta-class

HMS Ardent was an Acasta-class destroyer

measuring 213x268mm

John’s Harbour and in the nearby Atlantic sea-lanes and anti-submarine operations and convoy patrols

embossed with an outline of a mother’s cross in gold on the outside of the lid

In machine embroidered silvery threads on green cloth

Baden. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, I Class Knight, C.1914 Auction Archive HMS Ardent was an Acasta-class1866 1918. (Orden von Zhringer Lwen Ritterkreuz I. Klasse); A silver gilt four armed star with arabesques between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a cross patte constructed of green tinted glass, with a center enameled medallion depicting the ruins of the Stammschloss Zhringen, surrounded by a golden rippled ring; the reverse with a central red enameled medallion depicting a golden rampant lion, surrounded by a golden rippled ring; silver gilt