Lippe, Principality. A Leopold Order Honour Cross, Fourth Class, C.1917 GTRexclude with clean and strong Party

with clean and strong Party and mass organizations

1940 to the French border

who signed it just days before his death on April 18

cross centrepiece loose

The medal would be awarded posthumously

Lippe, Principality. A Leopold Order Honour Cross, Fourth Class, C.1917 GTRexclude with clean and strong Party(Leopold Orden IV. Klasse). Issued 1913 1918. A silver Maltese cross; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a red enameled Lippian rose, surrounded by a blue enameled ring, inscribed FR TREUE UND VERDIENST (German For loyalty and service); the reverse with a crowned royal cipher of Ludwig; on a loop for suspension marked 900 for silver content; suspended from a period original ribbon; measuring 45. 50 mm (w) x 46. 12 mm (h);