Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 Buy Now all three in near mint

all three in near mint condition

Footnote: The Cross for Freedom and Justice was instituted on July 23

purple and gold inks on a thick off-white paper stock by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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

along with a unit number

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 Buy Now all three in near mint(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.