Lippe, Principality. A Leopold Order Honour Cross, Fourth Class, C.1917 Archive with an illegible blue ink

with an illegible blue ink stamp over the disc

Lightly soiled original ribbon with pinback

the obverse and reverse fields are sewn back-to-back

A well-preserved King Ludwig II pennant

maker marked “RZM 78” and “Ges

Lippe, Principality. A Leopold Order Honour Cross, Fourth Class, C.1917 Archive with an illegible blue ink(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);