German Awards - Princely Lippe House Order 2nd Class Cross of Honor with Swords 1871 (LA)

The princely Lipp Order was created on October 25, 1869 by two rulers of princely houses Leopold III. established by Lippe-Detmold and Adolf I Georg Schaumburg-Lipp as a common order of the house. It originally consisted of 3 classes and 2 merit medals. The ruling princes wore a special size in the form of a large cross with a crown and laurel leaves, as well as a chest star. Crosses of the 1st form had small golden balls on the tops of the crosses. Grand Cross and 1. The class was also awarded swords through the center or swords on the ring (1st class). In 1887, the statutes were changed and the 4th class was introduced, as well as swords for military merit and oak leaves for especially outstanding merit. The new shape of the crosses no longer had small balls on the tops of the crosses. The new classes as of 1887 were: 1st class (old 1st. class with crown), 2nd class (old 1st. class), class 2 with oak leaves, class 3 (old 2. class) and 4th grade (old 3rd. class in silver). In 1890, the Schaumburg-Lippe line established a separate order. 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. Class 2 crosses with swords through the middle with Shiffre LA were awarded 1870/71 only for merit in the war. Therefore, the number of awards is extremely small. There are 5 awards through Lippe and 6 awards through Schaumburg-Lippe. The manufacturer of the crosses was the court jeweler Karl Busch Hanover. 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.

The eight-pointed cross is made of gold, made hollow. The cross arms are sheathed in gold and enameled in white. Front and back with a round central shield on an 8-tier star wreath. 2 crossed golden antique swords pass through the center. 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 gilded central shield is underlain by an 8-beam golden star wreath.
• Round central shield with a narrow gold border with a serrated pattern.
In
• a closed field with blue enamel laid, loosened,
• gold letters - LA - for Leopold and Adolf. Above it is a crown.

Tape:

• The collar is red with a width of 58 mm, the lateral edges are golden 5 mm.

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Obverse: Princely Lipp House Order 2nd Class Cross of Honor with Swords 1871 (LA)

Reverse: Princely Lippe House Order 2nd Class Cross of Honor with Swords 1871 (LA)

Established:

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

Awarded:

1871

Data:

• Material: gold, enamel
• Size: approx. 45 mm x 49.8 mm
• Weight: about 22g

estimated collector price:

Unspecified

OEK Number:

1101