Awards of Germany - Princely Lippe Home Order Civil Honorary Cross 4th Class, 2nd Model, 2nd 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 award number of the 4th class of the 2nd division (Civil Honorary Cross) is 151 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. Between the tips of the upper cruciform shoulder is an ornamented agraph with a spherical ear and a ribbon ring.

Front side:

• 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:

• Round central shield with a narrow smooth edge.
In
• a field surrounded by rays of a rough, crowned letter - L- for Leopold.

Tape:

• red 28 mm wide, golden lateral edges 4 mm.

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Front side: Princely Lipp Home Order Civil Honorary Cross 4th Class, 2nd Model, 2nd Division

Reverse: Princely Lippe House Order Civil Honorary Cross 4th Class, 2nd Model, 2nd Division

Established:

October 25, 1869 by Princes Leopold III (Lippe) and Adolf I Georg (Schaumburg-Lippe)
May 30, 1907 Fund of the 4th class of the 2nd Avt. Prince Leopold IV.

Awarded:

1907 – 1918

Data:

• Material: silver, partly gilded, enamelled
• Size: 50.7mm x 46.4mm
• Weight: about 24g

estimated collector price:

690 – 720 €

OEK Number:

1141