Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 United Republic of Accompanied by an Award Certificate

Accompanied by an Award Certificate (angled heading inscribed "THE BUZZ BOMB BADGE"

scattered gilt wear on the MMM

or those who served as battlefield medics tending the wounded

measuring 21 mm in total diameter

"He was the ideal colonel

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 United Republic of Accompanied by an Award Certificate(Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). A silver Maltese cross with pebbled arms, the cross arms tipped with ball finials, the obverse centre presents the crowned initials PFEL for Paul Friedrich Emil Leopold, circumscribed by the inscription DEN XXV OCTOBER MDCCCLXIX (the foundation date 25 October 1869), the reverse centre presents a crowned Lippische rose, surrounded by the inscription FR TREUE UND VERDIENST (FOR FAITH AND MERIT), measuring 41. 19 mm (w) x 45.