Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Merit Cross For Non-Combatants United Republic of The howitzer created passageways that

The howitzer created passageways that allowed infantrymen to advance from building to building without having to enter the city's streets

obverse centrepiece exhibiting a superposed heraldic Norwegian Lion on a red enameled background

1922 to April 8

were sunk while at anchor in Matsuwa Island on the morning of June 1

privately engraved (01734 Annie Bracegirdle) very fine

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Merit Cross For Non-Combatants United Republic of The howitzer created passageways that(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