Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Leopold Order, Unissued Grand Cross Prototype, By Zimmermann Archive greening on the reverse

greening on the reverse

Lieutenant Victor Carrington Lucas was with "A" Battery

this pin assembly thus provided the recipient with the option of pinning to garment or sewing

reinforced with machine stitching and covered by grey wool twill

Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia was the only daughter of German Emperor Wilhelm II and Augusta-Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Leopold Order, Unissued Grand Cross Prototype, By Zimmermann Archive greening on the reverse(Leopold Orden, Groehrenkreuz Protoyp). Instituted 24 July 1906 by Prince Leopold IV. (Grand Cross issued 1910 1918). An exceptionally rare, unissued prototype of the Grand Cross of the Leopold Order, constructed of silvered with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with each arm completing in ball finials, each joined together through the quadrants by detailed silver monograms of Prince Leopold, the obverse of the arms featuring a