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

” measuring 187 mm (w) x 286 mm (h)

Footnote: The Cross for Freedom and Justice was instituted on July 23

along with a unit number

with nearly all of its original black finish remaining

” and the inscription “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE EINWEIHUNG DES DENKMALS 1921” (“IN MEMORY OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE MONUMENT 1921”)

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.