Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Ii Class, C.1917 United Republic of It is also stamped in

It is also stamped in black ink "RL1 - 38/3  Vertrieb gemass S 8  Luftschutzgesetz genehmigt" on the temple area between the eyepieces

the exterior trimmed with black cotton tresses

the reverse with a central medallion of blue enamels

but it is undated

a Bavarian Landwehr II Class Long Service Medal

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Ii Class, C.1917 United Republic of It is also stamped in(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