Lippe, Principality. A War Merit Cross Hold at the textile mill of

at the textile mill of James Erben

numbered “31609”

with a slotted medal bed and a slot for the stick pin

Surviving men of the company (approximately 4

serving for fourteen years with ‘L’ Squadron

Lippe, Principality. A War Merit Cross Hold at the textile mill of(Kriegsverdienstkreuz). Constructed of bronze gilt; the obverse depicting the Lippian rose within an open ended laurel wreath the twelve oclock arm of the cross with a crowned cipher of Leopold, the six oclock arm dated 1914; the reverse inscribed Fr Auszeichnung im Kriege (German For Merit at War); measuring 40. 87 mm (w) x 40. 88 mm (h); weighing 19. 4 grams; in overall near extremely fine condition.