German Awards - Princely Lippe House Order of the Cross of Honour 3rd Class (LA)

The cross presented here was used by both principalities together from 1869 to 1887 as an honorary cross 3. class, and from 1887 to 1889 as an honorary cross 4. The class is assigned. With the 3rd Amendment to the statutes on 23 October and 4 November 1887, the order was transformed and the 4th Class and the Gold and Silver Cross of Merit, among others, were added. Two rulers of the princely houses Leopold III. von Lippe-Detmold and Adolf I Georg von Schaumburg-Lippe established the Order of the Common House on October 25, 1869. It originally consisted of 3 classes and 2 merit medals. Since the Order of the House of Schaumburg-Lipp separated on April 18, 1890, the award continued as the 4th. The class is only 2 years old. The Lippe-Detmold line retained the originally common order, but changed the shiffre on the reverse from - LA - for Leopold and Adolf to - L - for Leopold. The design of the Order of the House was developed by J. Godet & Sohn, Berlin. Manufacturer from 1869 to 1877. Another manufacturer is Karl Büsch from Hanover. The latter produced between 1871 and 1890. Award numbers count as 3. The class is designated 98 and 4. Class 38 Cross. A total of 136 crosses were awarded. Distinction between 3 and 4. A class can only be based on a document. Source: Rainer Schwark, order and badge of honor of the principality of Lippe Detmold 1778-1933, works of the Lipp Land Museum, vol. VI, 2005.

Silver cross in Maltese uniform. Front and back with a raised middle shield. Cruciform arms with polished smooth edges, the inner sides finely grainy. Between the tips of the upper cruciform shoulder is an ornamented agraph with a spherical ear and a ribbon ring.

Front side:

• The gilded central shield is underlain by an 8-beam golden star wreath.
• Round central shield with a wide, enameled blue gold ring.
• It has a golden font: - FOR - LOYALTY - AND - MERIT - a stylized rose below.
In
• a closed, enameled field, a white sublimely depicted Lippian rose.
• This red enamelled with golden tops between the leaves and the golden middle part of the flower

Downside:

• The golden central shield underlies an 8-ray golden star wreath.
• Round central shield with a narrow gold border with a serrated pattern.
In
• a closed field with iridescent, blue enamel laid, rough,
• gold letters - LA - for Leopold and Adolf. Above it is a crown.

Tape:

• red 29 mm wide, golden lateral edges 4 mm.

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Front: Princely Lippe House Order of the Cross of Honour 3rd Class (LA)

Reverse: Princely Lippe House Order of the Cross of Honour 3rd Class (LA)

Established:

October 25, 1869 by Princes Leopold III (Lippe) and Adolf I Georg (Schaumburg-Lippe)

Awarded:

1869 – 1889

Data:

• Material: silver, partly gilded, enamel
• Size: 44mm x 50mm
• Weight: 26.5g

estimated collector price:

1300 – 1400 €

OEK Number:

1104, 1114