Baden, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Zähringer Lion, II Class Knight’s Cross with Swords, c. 1916 Buy Now edged by red “Rot” Waffenfarbe

edged by red “Rot” Waffenfarbe piping (signifying artillery branch)

Ethiopian lion coat-of-arms in gold-coloured ink on the lid

the monogram "MH" of the engraver beneath the left foot of the female figure

one month shy of his twenty-seventh birthday

six United Nations medals:

Baden, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Zähringer Lion, II Class Knight’s Cross with Swords, c. 1916 Buy Now edged by red “Rot” Waffenfarbe(Orden vom Zhringer Lwen Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 26 December 1812 by Grand Duke Karl Friedrich. (1866 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt multi coloured enamels, consisting of a narrow Cross Patte with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with green enameled arms, bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a detailed and hand painted depiction of Zhringen Castle, within a ribbed and