Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 Buy Now each measuring 34 mm (w)

each measuring 34 mm (w) x 111 mm (h)

with nearly all of its original black finish remaining

” and the inscription “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE EINWEIHUNG DES DENKMALS 1921” (“IN MEMORY OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE MONUMENT 1921”)

the two insignias affixed to a bronze cross base with a circular frame inscribed "DURCH NOT UND TOD"

along with a unit number

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 Buy Now each measuring 34 mm (w)(Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). A silver Maltese cross with pebbled arms, the cross arms tipped with ball finials, the obverse centre presents the crowned initials PFEL for Paul Friedrich Emil Leopold, circumscribed by the inscription DEN XXV OCTOBER MDCCCLXIX (the foundation date 25 October 1869), the reverse centre presents a crowned Lippische rose, surrounded by the inscription FR TREUE UND VERDIENST (FOR FAITH AND MERIT), measuring 41. 19 mm (w) x 45.