Lippe. A Leopold Order Cross, Iii Class Knight, C.1917 United Republic of 5 cm and a blade

5 cm and a blade of 30

one Police

several obverse scratches

Immediately above the buttons on both sides are two reinforced ventilation holes with greenish brown painted metal eyelets

the armed bearing an inscription of “DEUTSCHER KRIEGERBUND WASHINGTON D

Lippe. A Leopold Order Cross, Iii Class Knight, C.1917 United Republic of 5 cm and a blade1916 1918 Issue. (Leopold Orden Kreuz 3. Klasse); a silver Maltese cross with ball finals and purple enameled arms and stylized Ls between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central silver Lippian rose, with a central red enameled medallion depicting a bird, surrounded by a ring of green enamels, inscribed Fideliter Sine Timore 1906 (Latin Faithful Without Fear); the reverse with a central silver medallion depicting the crowned royal cipher of