Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross For Heroic Deeds, C. 1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in form of stylized Cyrillic

in form of stylized Cyrillic "Draga"

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Gunner (248593) with the Howitzer Ammunition Column

Foonote: In the name of the German Volk I award to the sister of the German Red Cross Margarete Kiesecker in Karlsruhe the Badge of Honour for Caring for the German Volk

96 mm (h - including its crown suspension)

enamel chipping on the centrepiece of the Order of the Crown

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross For Heroic Deeds, C. 1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in form of stylized Cyrillic(Kriegsehrenkreuz fr heldenmtige Tat). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central raised Lippe rose surrounded by a circular laurel wreath, the three and nine oclock arms bearing a raised inscription of FR HELDENMTIGE TAT (FOR HEROIC DEEDS), the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing the monogram of Prince Leopold IV, the reverse with a wide block hinge and