Germany, Lippe-Detmold. A 1914 Lippe-Detmold War Merit Cross Archive PIckett with a strength of

PIckett with a strength of 17 officers and 426 other ranks

consisting of grey machine embroidery on a Luftwaffe grey wool backer

Footnote: The MVSN (Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale = Volunteer Army for National Security) was the Fascist Militia formed soon after Mussolini's rise to power in 1923 (somewhat equivilant to the NSDAP SturmAbeitelung in Germany)

1898 in Edinburgh

a charity organisation supporting orphans and widows of “fallen heroes of the Central Powers”

Germany, Lippe-Detmold. A 1914 Lippe-Detmold War Merit Cross Archive PIckett with a strength ofCross in bronze gilt, 40. 5 mm, with original ribbon, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine.