Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 Buy Now ” measuring 187 mm (w)

” measuring 187 mm (w) x 286 mm (h)

Charlotte Campbell of Halifax

the two insignias affixed to a bronze cross base with a circular frame inscribed "DURCH NOT UND TOD"

purple and gold inks on a thick off-white paper stock by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

along with a unit number

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 Buy Now ” measuring 187 mm (w)(Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). A silver Maltese cross with pebbled arms, the cross arms tipped with ball finials, the obverse centre presents the crowned initials PFEL for Paul Friedrich Emil Leopold, circumscribed by the inscription DEN XXV OCTOBER MDCCCLXIX (the foundation date 25 October 1869), the reverse centre presents a crowned Lippische rose, surrounded by the inscription FR TREUE UND VERDIENST (FOR FAITH AND MERIT), measuring 41. 19 mm (w) x 45.