Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Rare Princely House Order, Ii Class Cross In Gold With Case, By Carl Büsch Auction Archive with embroidered device on ribbon

with embroidered device on ribbon

issued on board a Kriegsmarine ship on 2 October 1941

Light ivory coloured solid celluloid grip is without cracks or chips

Fourth Class Cross -  in gilt and enamels

enamel chipping evident on the points of the lower arm on both sides

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Rare Princely House Order, Ii Class Cross In Gold With Case, By Carl Büsch Auction Archive with embroidered device on ribbon(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Ehrenkreuz II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold III of Lippe and Prince Adolf I Georg of Schaumburg Lippe. (1890 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms set within a Gold frame, the obverse bearing a central Gold eight pointed radiant starburst, overlaid by a central red enameled medallion bearing a silver nettle