Lippe, Principality. A Leopold Order Honour Cross, Fourth Class, C.1917 Auction with a War Merit Cross

with a War Merit Cross without Swords “Kriegsverdienstkreuz ohne Schwerter” 2

Czechoslovakian WWI Victory Medal

Below the eagle are two vertically oriented pebbled silver aluminum bullion buttons

(Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen)

small hole and soiling evident in the light blue embroidered background on the centrepiece

Lippe, Principality. A Leopold Order Honour Cross, Fourth Class, C.1917 Auction with a War Merit Cross(Leopold Orden IV. Klasse). Issued 1913 1918. A silver Maltese cross; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a red enameled Lippian rose, surrounded by a blue enameled ring, inscribed FR TREUE UND VERDIENST (German For loyalty and service); the reverse with a crowned royal cipher of Ludwig; on a loop for suspension marked 900 for silver content; suspended from a period original ribbon; measuring 45. 50 mm (w) x 46. 12 mm (h);