Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross For Heroic Deeds, C. 1930 United Republic of Ferdinand in 1815

Ferdinand in 1815

After he has been treated

white silk lining for the interior lid marked “Klein & Quenzer A

some with handwritten inscriptions

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross For Heroic Deeds, C. 1930 United Republic of Ferdinand in 1815(Kriegsehrenkreuz fr heldenmtige Tat). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central raised Lippe rose surrounded by a circular laurel wreath, the three and nine oclock arms bearing a raised inscription of FR HELDENMTIGE TAT (FOR HEROIC DEEDS), the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing the monogram of Prince Leopold IV, the reverse with a wide block hinge and