Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 Hold The book measures 152 mm

The book measures 152 mm x 230 mm x 25 mm

no pin or attachment

It was recruited from the ranks of the Indian Civil Service and the Indian Army

a torpedo that ripped out her forepeak and destroyed the bridge and radio struck Spikenard (the port side bow near the bridge)

A Latin cross paty with concave arm ends constructed of bronze with multi-coloured enamels

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 Hold The book measures 152 mm(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