Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Pair of First World War Service Decorations Archive Expiration prolonged & harsh with

Expiration prolonged & harsh with numerous moist crepitations which do not clear up on coughing

" inside a full wreath of laurel leaves

gold wash completely gone

maker marked with LDO code “L/60” for Gustav Brehmer

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Pair of First World War Service Decorations Archive Expiration prolonged & harsh with(Auszeichnungen). A pair of Lippe Detmold First World War service decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Cross, constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte pebbled arms, the overse bearing a central raised Lippe rose situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a monogram of Prince Leopold IV,