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motto, Gott und mein Recht, on the blue enamelled border. The order 

 confers personal nobility. 



The Order of Military Merit (pi. SI, Jig. 11) was founded by Charles 

 Eugene of Wirtemberg in 1759, and reorganized in 1799, 1806, 1816, and 

 1818. It consists now of Grand Crosses, Commend ators, and Knights. 

 The decoration, which is alike for Grand Crosses and Commendators, but 

 smaller for Knights, consists of a golden, white enamelled cross, with a 

 central shield of the same, having on its face a green laurel wreath, with 

 the words Furchtlos und trew (Fearless and faithful) in the blue border ; 

 on the reverse the king's cypher W., inclosed by a blue border bearing the 

 motto of the face. Over the cross is a double notched crown of gold. 

 The order is worn, by Grand Crosses and Commendators, en sautoir, from 

 a dark blue silk ribbon ; by the Knights, whose cross has no crown, at the 

 breast. Grand Crosses have also, on the left breast, the cross of the Order 

 embroidered in silver, on which the enamelled central shield of the face is 

 found. For non-commissioned officers and privates there is a gold and 

 silver medal at the same ribbon. 



The Military Decoration, for Officers, Non-commissioned, and Privates 

 {fig. 12), was established in 1833 for officers of 25, non-commissioned 

 officers and privates of 20 years' service. This decoration is an eight- 

 pointed cross, whose central field contains within a laurel wreath the letter 

 W. Officers bear it in gold, non-commissioned and privates in silver, from 

 a deep red, blue-bordered ribbon H inches wide, at the breast. 



Grand Duchy of Baden. Charles Frederick's Military Order of Merit 

 {figs. 13 and 14), founded in 1807, by the Grand Duke Charles Frederick, has 

 three classes. Grand Crosses, Commanders, and Knights. The badge of the 

 Order is of three different sizes, and consists of a white enamelled Maltese 

 cross surrounded with a laurel-wreath, beneath a golden crown {fig. 14). 

 On the face is a red central shield, in which is the name-cypher of the 

 founder in gold, surrounded by a blue ring, with the circumscription, Fiir 

 Badens Ehre (For Baden's .Honor). The reverse has a similar shield 

 with like border, upon which, in a field of dead gold, is displayed a silver 

 griffin ready for fight, holding a shield with the arms of Baden in the left, 

 and a sword in the right claw. The order is worn from a red and yellow 

 striped ribbon by Grand Crosses, en echarpe, from left to right ; by Com- 

 manders, en sautoir, and by Knights, at the breast. Grand Crosses and 

 Commanders (if generals) bear upon the breast a silver star {fig. 13), with 

 four principal rays, and four smaller intermediate rays, the central shield of 

 which is like that on the reverse of the order. 



The Military Merit Medal {fig. 15) was established at the same time 

 with the Order of Charles Frederick, and is designed for non-commissioned 

 officers and privates. It displays on the face, in gold or silver, an armed 

 griffin, holding in the left claw a shield with the oblique bar of Baden and 

 a sword in the right and the circumscription. Fur Badens Ehre ; on the 

 reverse, the inscription Dem Tapfern (To the Brave), and beneath, the 

 name of the bearer. The Medal is worn from the narrow ribbon of the 

 Charles Frederick Order. The holders of the silver medal have an addition 

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