Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal Auction Archive he left his entire estate

he left his entire estate to his sister

4 Canadian General Hospital at Basingstoke on October 22nd for additional treatment

Twenty-eight months later and the war having concluded

7 full color tables of ribbons) but the best book on this subject published to date listing all the orders

with the majority of the backing still intact - marked with the maker logo of “Hermann Schmuck & Cie” on the reverse

Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal Auction Archive he left his entire estate(Militr Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 16 May 1832 by Prince Paul Alexander Leopold. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a period replacement ribbon, the obverse bearing a crowned monogram of Prince Paul Alexander Leopold, circumscribed by an inscription of DEM MILITAIR VERDIENST (TO MILITARY MERIT), situated within a circular oak leaf wreath overlaid by crossed swords, the reverse bearing a central