Baden, Grand Duchy. A Rare Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross Breast Star, Published Example By P. Willett Auction Archive An invitation to the 1939

An invitation to the 1939 Reich Days of Music festival in Dortmund

The Establishment of the Order

64 mm (w) x 38

The embedded finely-detailed aluminum eagle shows well and rates extremely fine

1917 1918" with the recipient's name engraved

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Rare Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross Breast Star, Published Example By P. Willett Auction Archive An invitation to the 1939(Orden vom Zhringer Lwen Bruststern zum Grokreuz). Instituted 26 December 1812 by Grand Duke Karl Friedrich. (1815 1918 issue; c. 1830 manufacture). A very early and rare example of an Order of the Zhringer Lion Grand Cross Breast Star, constructed of silver with gilt and enamels, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, bearing a central red enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt Baden lion rampant, within a pebbled circular ring