German Awards - Princely Lipp Home Order 4th Class Cross of Honour with Swords, 2nd Model, 1st Division
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. 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. 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. 4th grade crosses with Schiffre LA are extremely rare due to the short award period (3 awards are known). Crosses of the 1st department - with a radial wreath under the middle shield, the 2nd department - without a radial wreath. The makers of the crosses were Carl Büsch Hannover, Godet Berlin and C.F. Zimmermann Pforzheim. The parts of Zimmerman differ from the parts of Gaudet mainly in silver swords (gilded and screwed in). Award numbers of the honorary cross of the 4th class with swords of the 1st auth. - only 82 pieces. 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. 2 crossed 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 narrow serrated gold border and smooth inner border.
In - a surrounded field with red glass enamel with rays laid, blinkered,
- golden, crowned letter - L- for Leopold.
Tape:
- red 28 mm wide, golden lateral edges 4 mm.
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Obverse: Princely Lippe House Order 4th Class Cross of Honor with Swords, 2nd Model, 1st Division
Reverse: Princely Lippe House Order 4th Class Cross of Honour with Swords, 2nd Model, 1st Division
Established:
October 25, 1869 by Princes Leopold III (Lippe) and Adolf I Georg (Schaumburg-Lippe)
October 23, 1887 4th Grade Foundation
Data:
- Material: silver, partly gilded, enamelled
- Size: 51mm x 46.4mm, swords 49.7mm
- Weight: about 31g
estimated collector price:
970 – 990 €
Awards of World War II