Germany, Imperial. A Schaumburg-Lippe 1914 Cross For War Merit Document To Major Winkelmann GTRexclude Instituted 25 October 1869 by

Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold II of Lippe and Prince Adolf Georg I of Schaumburg-Lippe

the moving front caused by the German Spring Offensive made the task of locating targets difficult in the extreme but the tide of war changed

tail skirt measuring 138 mm in length

Between 1892 and 1895

In his Dutch exile after the First World War

Germany, Imperial. A Schaumburg-Lippe 1914 Cross For War Merit Document To Major Winkelmann GTRexclude Instituted 25 October 1869 byThe Schaumburg Lippe 1914 Cross for War Merit certificate is named to Major Richard Winkelmann, commander of pioneer battalion 211. Dated to Bckeburg on May 23, 1918. Measuring 213 mm (w) x 168 mm (h), presenting a folding crease, and minimal scuffing of the edges, remains near extremely fine.