Lippe, Principality. A Princely Houseorder Honour Cross Fourth Class With Swords, C. 1916 Newly Listed 32 mm each)

32 mm each)

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at the time of his birth part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Constructed of bluish-purple threading

Lippe, Principality. A Princely Houseorder Honour Cross Fourth Class With Swords, C. 1916 Newly Listed 32 mm each)1890 1918 Issue. (Frstlich Lippische Ehrenkreuz 4. Klasse mit Schwertern). A silver Maltese cross with swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a red enameled Lippian rose, surrounded by a blue enameled ring, inscribed Fr true und verdienst (German For loyalty and service); the reverse with a crowned royal cipher of Ludwig; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon; measuring 45.