Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 Province of China wrap-around flap with tab sewn

wrap-around flap with tab sewn on the underside

in mint Condition

including: the Military Order of the Serpent

First Printing in February 1943

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 Province of China wrap-around flap with tab sewn(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