Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 Archive the announcement of the trial

the announcement of the trial results became an international media event

reverse presenting the embossed date of 16

surrounded by an enameled green border featuring the inscription REPUBLICA DE HONDURAS (Honduras Republic) also in silver gilt

Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback maker marked "SPINK & SON Ltd"

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 Archive the announcement of the trial(Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). A silver Maltese cross with pebbled arms, the cross arms tipped with ball finials, the obverse centre presents the crowned initials PFEL for Paul Friedrich Emil Leopold, circumscribed by the inscription DEN XXV OCTOBER MDCCCLXIX (the foundation date 25 October 1869), the reverse centre presents a crowned Lippische rose, surrounded by the inscription FR TREUE UND VERDIENST (FOR FAITH AND MERIT), measuring 41. 19 mm (w) x 45.