Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Princely House Order, II Class Cross in Gold, c. 1900 United Republic of Some 300 medals were awarded

Some 300 medals were awarded

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26 mm (w) x 28 mm (h)

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Princely House Order, II Class Cross in Gold, c. 1900 United Republic of Some 300 medals were awarded(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Ehrenkreuz II. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold III of Lippe Detmold and Prince Adolf I Georg of Schaumburg Lippe. (1890 1918 issue). Constructed of 18K Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms situated within a Gold frame, the obverse overlaid by a central Gold right pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central white enameled medallion inset