Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Princely House Order, I Class Cross In Gold With Case, C.1890 Auction 3rd Class for Twelve Years'

3rd Class for Twelve Years' Service (with Luftwaffe eagle clasp)

with a machine-embroidered

1938 Westfalen Nord Tinnie - In cast aluminum

with maker’s mark/manufactured by Hoffstätter

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Princely House Order, I Class Cross In Gold With Case, C.1890 Auction 3rd Class for Twelve Years'(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Ehrenkreuz I. Klasse Grokreuz). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold III and Prince Adolf I. Georg. (1890 1918 issue). A striking example of a Lippe Detmold Princely House Order, I Class Grand Cross, constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms completing with ball finials, the obverse bearing a central eight pointed radiant star, with a central white