Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Merit Cross For Non-Combatants United Republic of privately engraved (01734 Annie Bracegirdle)

privately engraved (01734 Annie Bracegirdle) very fine

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

black paper backing remains untouched

1922 to April 8

The camp was liberated on April 30

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Merit Cross For Non-Combatants United Republic of privately engraved (01734 Annie Bracegirdle)(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