Baden. An 1807-1918 Military Charles Frederick Merit Order Grand Cross Breast Star Archive A Pre-WWI Austrian Belt Buckle

A Pre-WWI Austrian Belt Buckle for Troops in Bosnia - In die pressed brass

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

an order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig of Oldenburg ribbon

a very scarce decoration

measuring 18 mm x 82

Baden. An 1807-1918 Military Charles Frederick Merit Order Grand Cross Breast Star Archive A Pre-WWI Austrian Belt BuckleA 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