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#178768 01/05/2009 05:39 AM
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Got this one at a recent SOS Show. Here is the reverse to give you a clue.

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#178769 01/05/2009 05:40 AM
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other side, view.

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Nice Baden Cross.

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


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nice medal,,, Wink Robert

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


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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


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

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

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


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Thanks fox!


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