Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, II Class Cross with Swords Auction the obverse bears the spade-headed

the obverse bears the spade-headed shovel in red and white enamel with a central black enamel swastika in the centre

He received his early education in local schools and at Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown

but markings are obscured)

He was the recipient of the Iron Cross 1939 II

majoring in aeronautical engineering and aeronautical administration

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, II Class Cross with Swords Auction the obverse bears the spade-headed(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Ehrenkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold II of Lippe and Prince Adolf Georg I of Schaumburg Lippe. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, with swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with a central white enameled disc bearing a red enameled Lippe rose, within a blue enameled ring