Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Ii Class, C.1917 Newly Listed pin marked “900”

pin marked “900”

and of the group interest above the personal interest

it weighs 22

marked on reverse with SILBER 950

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Ii Class, C.1917 Newly Listed pin marked “900”(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Ehrenkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold II of Lippe and Prince Adolf Georg I of Schaumburg Lippe. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, with swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with a central white enameled disc bearing a red enameled Lippe rose, within a blue enameled ring