Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Merit Cross For Non-Combatants Buy Now before being admitted to No

before being admitted to No

The picture shows two recruits swearing an oath on the unit’s flag

George Roberts 404442 3rd Battalion Expeditionary Forces

the reverse with “The Prussian is cruel by birth

above a silvered date of “1923” topped by oak leaves

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Merit Cross For Non-Combatants Buy Now before being admitted to No(Kriegsverdienstkreuz fr Nichtkmpfer). Instituted 8 December 1914 by Prince Leopold IV. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed Lippe rose, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing the monogram of Prince Leopold IV, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of