Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 Hold centering red cross with motto

centering red cross with motto surround in Gothic script "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Schwesternhelferin" (German Red Cross Nurse's Helper)

photos taken circa late 1942

A Latin cross paty with concave arm ends constructed of bronze with multi-coloured enamels

The book measures 152 mm x 230 mm x 25 mm

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 Hold centering red cross with motto(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Ehrenkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold II of Lippe and Prince Adolf Georg I of Schaumburg Lippe. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, with swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with a central white enameled disc bearing a red enameled Lippe rose, within a blue enameled ring