Awards of Germany - Princely Lipp Home Order Officer Honorary Cross

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." On May 30, 1913, the Officers' Honorary Cross was established. To do this, a cross of the 3rd class with oak leaves fell out. The officer's cross now occupies a place between 2nd and 3rd. Order of the House class. Crosses were produced until 1915 by Godet in Berlin, and since 1916 they were made by K. F. Zimmerman. Crosses with and without swords were awarded through the center. The number of awards is 48 crosses without swords and 37 crosses with swords. 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. 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 - 938 -.