Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Merit Cross For Non-Combatants Buy Now measuring 50 mm (w) x

measuring 50 mm (w) x 108 mm (h))

stamped signature of NSFK leader

with ribbons for a Hindenburg Cross (with miniature

Subsequently transferred to the 72nd (Seaforth Highlanders) Battalion he was wounded on 27 September 1918

Provenance Footnote: Previously sold as Lot 94 in Andreas Theis Auction 48

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Merit Cross For Non-Combatants Buy Now measuring 50 mm (w) x(Kriegsverdienstkreuz fr Nichtkmpfer). Instituted 8 December 1914 by Prince Leopold IV. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed Lippe rose, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing the monogram of Prince Leopold IV, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of