Schaumburg-Lippe and Saxe-Meningen. A Faithful Service Cross and Women’s Merit Cross, c.1915 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The final chapter covers the

The final chapter covers the manufacturers and for the first time all the producing companies

completing the Artillery School in Hannover

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with the bust of an older Franz Joseph I on the right

Secured onto the reverse of the shaft with dual rivets is a blackened leather strap with a functional snap button for belt suspension

Schaumburg-Lippe and Saxe-Meningen. A Faithful Service Cross and Women’s Merit Cross, c.1915 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The final chapter covers theSchaumburg Lippe, Principality. A Faithful Service Cross of 1914, (Kreuz fr Treue Dienste 1914). Instituted 18 November 1914 by Prince Adolph. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Prince Adolph, the arms bearing an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE 1914 (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE 1914), reverse plain, unmarked, measuring 35. 78 mm (w) x 40. 66 mm (h),