Lippe, Principality. A Leopold Order Honour Cross, Fourth Class, C.1917 GTRexclude all fine quality period striking

all fine quality period striking

with clean and strong Party and mass organizations

who signed it just days before his death on April 18

1940 to the French border

Lippe, Principality. A Leopold Order Honour Cross, Fourth Class, C.1917 GTRexclude all fine quality period striking(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);