Baden. An 1807-1918 Military Charles Frederick Merit Order Grand Cross Breast Star Archive He signed his Attestation Paper

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 2nd Brigade

secured by a horizontal strap and finished with black finished magnetic metal buttons

Scattered silvering wear on the tips

the first female member since Catherine the Great in 1768

a very scarce decoration

Baden. An 1807-1918 Military Charles Frederick Merit Order Grand Cross Breast Star Archive He signed his Attestation PaperA fine example of an 1807 1918 issue Baden Military Charles Frederick Merit Order (Militrischer Karl Friedrich Verdienstorden Bruststern zum Grokreuz); a hollow silver Maltese cross with ball finals, and balls in the crevices of the arms of the cross; the obverse with a gold central medallion depicting a crowned griffin within a silver ring, inscribed Fr Badens Ehre (German For the honour of Baden); the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback and a