Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, II Class Cross with Swords United Republic of Instituted on 22 October 1849

Instituted on 22 October 1849

WWII War Commemorative Medal 1939-1945 - Bronze

the Maltese medal with silvering and numbered "981/1000" on the edge

the six o’clock arm maker marked “W” for the firm of Wagner & Sohn

For these reasons

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, II Class Cross with Swords United Republic of Instituted on 22 October 1849(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