Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Ii Class, C.1917 Newly Listed as evidenced by nine vertical

as evidenced by nine vertical seams

maker marked on reverse “L

and of the group interest above the personal interest

pin marked “900”

earning him the First World War Pair

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Ii Class, C.1917 Newly Listed as evidenced by nine vertical(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Ehrenkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold II of Lippe and Prince Adolf Georg I of Schaumburg Lippe. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, with swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with a central white enameled disc bearing a red enameled Lippe rose, within a blue enameled ring