Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross for Heroic Deeds, c. 1935 Archive and Cathedral of St

and Cathedral of St

IN BRONZE" on the back

he was wearing civilian clothes at the time - something for which he would have had any soldier under his command hanged on the spot

but the rank is indecipherable

a Medal for Freedom

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross for Heroic Deeds, c. 1935 Archive and Cathedral of St(Kriegsehrenkreuz fr heldenmtige Tat). Instituted 8 December 1914 by Prince Leopold IV. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a slightly vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central raised Lippe rose surrounded by a circular laurel leaf wreath, flanked by an inscription of FR HELDENMTIGE TAT (FOR HEROIC DEEDS), topped by a monogram of Prince Leopold IV, situated above a date of 1914, the reverse with a