Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 Province of China wrap-around flap with tab sewn

wrap-around flap with tab sewn on the underside

810 mm (inseam)

with tongue attached to the boards

Footnote: The medal was instituted in 1977

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 Province of China wrap-around flap with tab sewn(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