Baden, Duchy. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross Star, By Godet, C.1900 United Republic of He was a resident of

He was a resident of North Sydney

heaving stitched 19 mm wide patterned leather strap sewn in place along the lower portion of the shako

making his birth year actually 1868

with its miniature gilt eagle attached

maker marked "ELLIS

Baden, Duchy. An Order Of The Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross Star, By Godet, C.1900 United Republic of He was a resident of(Orden vom Zhringer Lwen, Bruststern zum Grokreuz). Instituted 1812. A silver eight pointed star; the obverse depicting a central red enameled medallion with a gold rampant lion, surrounded by a white ring of enamels, inscribed FR EHRE UND WAHRHEIT (German For honour and truth) in gold letters, with two laurel leaves at the bottom; the reverse plain, marked Godet in Berlin in capital letters; with a slender banjo style pinback and a functional hinge