Czechoslovakia, Republic. An Order Of The Falcon With Swords Auction a Baden Karl Friedrich Merit

a Baden Karl Friedrich Merit Order

attended a Signals Course on April 26th and was transferred to the 39th Infantry Battalion on May 5

700 mm in length overall

maker marked “Reichsverband Pforzheim 58” on reverse

his citation stating: "Now on his second tour of operational duty

Czechoslovakia, Republic. An Order Of The Falcon With Swords Auction a Baden Karl Friedrich Merit(d Sokol). In bronze gilt with blue and white enamels, measuring 41 mm (w) x 54. 3 mm (h) inclusive of its integral linden leaves wreath and crossed swords suspension, original ribbon, repair evident in the white enamels on the obverse centrepiece, molding hole present in the white enamels on the reverse of the arm at 1 o'clock, better than very fine. Footnote: The Order of the Falcon was instituted in 1917 by the Provisional Czechoslovak Government