Order of Berthold the First

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Order of Berthold the First
Star of the order
Type	Order of merit
Established	29 April 1877
Country	Grand Duchy of Baden
Royal house	House of Zähringen
Ribbon	Red with narrow gold stripes at each edge
Motto	GERECHTIGKEIT IST MACHT
Criteria	For faithful service or as a special show of recognition and benevolence
Founder	Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
Grand Master	Grand Duke of Baden
Classes	Grand Cross Grand Commander (1st Class) and Commander (2nd Class) Knight
Precedence
Next (higher)	Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order
Next (lower)	Order of the Zähringer Lion
Ribbon of the order

The Order of Berthold the First (German: Orden Berthold des Ersten) was a dynastic order in the Grand Duchy of Baden. It was established on 29 April 1877 by Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession as an additional class above the grand cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion. On his seventieth birthday Frederick I separated it from that order and gave it statutes as an order in its own right. After that date, the order could be given to all persons for faithful service or as a special show of recognition and benevolence.