A 1914-1918 Lippe War Merit Cross Archive Group of Eight Studio Photograph

Group of Eight Studio Photograph (sepia-toned

who was awarded KC on 9 July 1944

the announcement appearing in the Fourth Supplement to the London Gazette 30340 of Tuesday

supporting a brass chain link chin strap backed with a black leather and corduroy strap

With Bismarck slowed by the damage

A 1914-1918 Lippe War Merit Cross Archive Group of Eight Studio PhotographA 1914 1918 Lippe War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienst Kreuz); on gilt bronze; the obverse bears a centrally placed laurel wreath encircling the Rose of Lippe, topped with a crowned cipher of Prince Leopold IV, with the lower armed bearing 1914; the reverse inscribed For Distinction During Wartime across all arms; horizontally pierced ball and loop for suspension; on correct replacement ribbon; some contact marks, but otherwise very fine condition.