Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, II Class Cross with Swords Auction Archive accompanied by its 37 mm

accompanied by its 37 mm (w) x 11 mm (h) ribbon bar with dual push pins

W 41” stamped on the reverse with a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a swastika (Hakenkreuz)

Two clasps were instituted to be worn on the medal ribbon: (i) Atlantic and (ii) France and Germany

including five factory unfinished Honour Cross of the German Mother

with a central threaded screw post retaining an original nut

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, II Class Cross with Swords Auction Archive accompanied by its 37 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