Baden, Grand Duchy. A 20-Year Long Service Cross for Sisters of the Baden Women’s League to Elisabeth Bauer, ca. 1933

Item #G42212

Price:

$225
(Dienstauszeichnung für Schwestern des Badischen Frauenvereins für 20 Dienstjahre). Instituted 1872 by Grand Duchess Luise. (1872-1937 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Ruppert Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central raised number “20” in Roman numerals, the reverse with an engraved recipient’s name of “ELISABETH BAUER”, the six o’clock arm with a silver content number of “800”, the twelve o’clock arm with an engraved date of “1933”, measuring 40.90 mm (w) x 48.35 mm (h), weighing 11.5 grams, in extremely fine condition.