Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A House Order Of The Honour Cross, Ii Class Cross In Gold, Type Ii Auction Footnote: The Order of Our

Footnote: The Order of Our Lady of Bethlehem was founded as a military order on 19th January 1459 by Pope Pius II for defending of the Island of Lemnos

he was appointed Provost Sergeant on December 16th

Early tombac

oak leaves suspended from a ring with its period original shortened miniature ribbon

one cap badge and one collar tab with a bent lug and the other one lost to time

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A House Order Of The Honour Cross, Ii Class Cross In Gold, Type Ii Auction Footnote: The Order of Our(Hausorden Ehrenkreuz, II. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold III and Adolf Georg I. (1887 1890 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with a Gold frame and white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a red enameled Lippe Detmold rose, within a ring of blue enamels bearing a gilt inscription of FR TREUE UND VERDIENSTE (FOR LOYALTY AND