Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A House Order of the Honour Cross, IV Class Miniature Hold (Cruces del Mérito Militar)

(Cruces del Mérito Militar)

maker marked with the logo of “Ferdinand Wiedmann” on the reverse

members of the Third Estate of France

suspended from a five-sided silver hanger with original ribbon and incorporating a screwback

55 mm (w) x 90

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A House Order of the Honour Cross, IV Class Miniature Hold (Cruces del Mérito Militar)(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse Miniatur). Instituted 25 Oktober 1869 by Prince Leopold III of Lippe Detmold and Prince Adolf Georg I Schaumburg Lippe. (1890 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with Gold and multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebble arms, the obverse bearing a central eight pointed radiant starburst, overlaid by a Gold medallion featuring a central white enameled disc overlaid by a Lippe