Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross For Heroic Deeds, C. 1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac circumscribed by “VOLKSABSTIMMUNG IM SAARGEBIET

circumscribed by “VOLKSABSTIMMUNG IM SAARGEBIET - 13

It is fabricated from a polished silvered steel

in turn overlaying a banner bearing a national motto of “UNA

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Gunner (248593) with the Howitzer Ammunition Column

enamel chipping on the centrepiece of the Order of the Crown

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross For Heroic Deeds, C. 1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac circumscribed by “VOLKSABSTIMMUNG IM SAARGEBIET(Kriegsehrenkreuz fr heldenmtige Tat). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central raised Lippe rose surrounded by a circular laurel wreath, the three and nine oclock arms bearing a raised inscription of FR HELDENMTIGE TAT (FOR HEROIC DEEDS), the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing the monogram of Prince Leopold IV, the reverse with a wide block hinge and