Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 Hold It was recruited from the

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

The tunic is unmarked

centering red cross with motto surround in Gothic script "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Schwesternhelferin" (German Red Cross Nurse's Helper)

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

no pin or attachment

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 Hold It was recruited from the(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