Got this one at a recent SOS Show. Here is the reverse to give you a clue.

Mark

other side, view.

Mark

Nice Baden Cross.

If silver, Second Class Knights Cross of the Order of the Zahringen Lion. ( First class if gold).

nice medal,,, Robert

Give us some more input on this one, I understood it is german, is it ww2 era?What was the qualification to get one?

Phatt
This award is Imperial German, for military merit for officers.

See this link for possibly everything you would want to know about this order:

http://home.att.net/~david.danner/militaria/baden.htm#3

At first glance I would have said "Irish - Order of the Blarney Stone - in the grade of Master Story Teller"

I am puzzled by the brick tower in the middle. Something rarely seen ?

Dave

When I seen the tower my first thought was for the veterans orginization?
SSman

The "tower" is a representation of the Z�hringer castle ruins ( and/or a symbolic image of the historical greatness of the Z�hringer family rulers.) This was hand painted onto each award, and , therefore, no two medals are ever exactly the same.

Thanks fox!