Baden, Grand Duchy. A Commemorative Cross for Voluntary War Aid 1870/71 visually-hidden seal inscribed "SEALED PATTERN /

seal inscribed "SEALED PATTERN / MILITIA & DEFENCE CANADA"

as a Private (3109255)

Mounted as worn

both in full dress uniform

measuring 115 mm (w) x 55 mm (h)

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Commemorative Cross for Voluntary War Aid 1870/71 visually-hidden seal inscribed "SEALED PATTERN /(Erinnerungskreuz fr freiwillige Hilfsttigkeit 1870 71). Instituted 25 June 1871 by Grand Duke Friedrich. (1871 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte the obverse bearing a central ribbed Geneva Cross, flanked by dates 1870 1871, situated above a Baden coat of arms, topped by a royal crown, the reverse bearing a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich, unmarked,