Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Merit Cross For Non-Combatants Newly Listed interior of the lid with

interior of the lid with an off-white in a velvet liner

assorted gifts at their feet

royal blue silk lining on the inside lid and medal bed

reinforced stitching along all four edges

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Merit Cross For Non-Combatants Newly Listed interior of the lid with(Kriegsverdienstkreuz fr Nichtkmpfer). Instituted 8 December 1914 by Prince Leopold IV. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed Lippe rose, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing the monogram of Prince Leopold IV, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of