Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Ii Class, C.1917 Newly Listed 108 mm x 158 mm

108 mm x 158 mm

pin marked “900”

a gilt stippled ground bearing a pastiche of Mount Rushmore encircled by a gilt-edged white enamel belt inscribed in gilt letters ‘L’UNION RENFORCE LA VALEUR’ (Unity reinforces bravery)

The various groups participated in the expedition for a variety of reasons: for Garibaldi

1945 to June 3

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Ii Class, C.1917 Newly Listed 108 mm x 158 mm(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