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

pin marked “900”

maker marked on reverse “L

108 mm x 158 mm

a gilt stippled ground bearing a pastiche of Mount Rushmore encircled by a gilt-edged white enamel belt inscribed in gilt letters ‘L’UNION RENFORCE LA VALEUR’ (Unity reinforces bravery)

it weighs 22

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