Baden, Duchy. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross Star, By Godet, C.1900 United Republic of measuring 33 mm (w) x

measuring 33 mm (w) x 50 mm (h - inclusive of laurels and horizontally pierced dual rings for suspension)

Complains of stiff ess in the knee joint

maker marked "ELLIS

Abdulaziz received an Ottoman education but was nevertheless an ardent admirer of the material progress that was made in the West

Baden, Duchy. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross Star, By Godet, C.1900 United Republic of measuring 33 mm (w) x(Orden vom Zhringer Lwen, Bruststern zum Grokreuz). Instituted 1812. A silver eight pointed star; the obverse depicting a central red enameled medallion with a gold rampant lion, surrounded by a white ring of enamels, inscribed FR EHRE UND WAHRHEIT (German For honour and truth) in gold letters, with two laurel leaves at the bottom; the reverse plain, marked Godet in Berlin in capital letters; with a slender banjo style pinback and a functional hinge