Baden, Duchy. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, I Class Knight With Oak Leaves & Swords, C.1915 Newly Listed with burgundy trimming along all

with burgundy trimming along all four sides of the tab

Association for German Cultural Relations (VDA) School 1933 (die-stamped bronze

on a 45 mm long pin

Footnote: Henry Marshall Bonner was born in Gateshead

RZM and maker marked

Baden, Duchy. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, I Class Knight With Oak Leaves & Swords, C.1915 Newly Listed with burgundy trimming along all(Orden von Zhringer Lwen Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern). Instituted on 22 January 1809. (1866 1918 Issue). In silver gilt with glass and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte constructed of green glass, with gilded silver arabesques between the arms of the cross, the obverse centre medallion depicting hand painted ruins of the ancestral castle of Zhringer, surrounded by a coiled ring, with gilded crossed swords piercing the