Baden, Grand Duchy. A Commemorative Cross for Voluntary War Aid 1870/71 Archive surface wear evident on the

surface wear evident on the eagle and wreath causing loss of detail

five-armed silver star with ball-tipped finials

He was married to Mary Tunock McKay

and would remain so until his death in 1974

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Commemorative Cross for Voluntary War Aid 1870/71 Archive surface wear evident on the(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,