Awards of Germany - Order "Princely Lipp House" Cross of officer honor with swords

The cross was established on May 30, 1913. The Cross of Honour with swords was very rarely awarded for military merit during the First World War. Only 37 officer honorary crosses with swords for this time are attested with awards. Crosses were produced until 1915 by Godet in Berlin, and since 1916 they were made by K. F. Zimmerman. Gaudet crosses are slightly larger, heavier, and have slightly longer swords that are only minted on one side. Most often, the manufacturer is knocked out on the needle. The cross shown here is assigned to the manufacturer Zimmerman. Here the swords are engraved on both sides, and the cross as a whole is slightly smaller. The steaming rods of swords are also different. (At Gaudet just the "Prussian" steam bars) The cross of the 3rd class with oak foliage fell away. The officer's cross now occupies a place between 2nd and 3rd. Order of the House class. 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 Schiffre on the reverse from - LA - for "Leoplod" and Adolf in - L - for "Leopold.I." 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.

An eight-pointed plaster cross made of gilded silver with small balls at the tips of the crosses of the hands. The cross arms are sheathed in gold and enameled in white. On the front side is a round central shield on a star wreath. 2 gold, crossed, antique swords pass through the center. Here, there is embossing on both sides. At the back is a vertical pin.

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 reverse is smooth and gilded.
In the
• center is an arched round pad (19 mm).
• Gode's vertical pin is wider, also stamped - GODE -.