Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Medal For Non-Combatants Newly Listed affixed to a 22 mm-long

affixed to a 22 mm-long gilded bronze backer with horizontal pinback

addressed to his brother

A unique example

Privately purchased and subsequently of higher qualit than the issued shako

it was proven that this set was an award designed and created by a French literary social after being inspired by the history of the Indian Moghul Empire

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Medal For Non-Combatants Newly Listed affixed to a 22 mm-long(Kriegs Ehrenmedaille fr Nichtkmpfer). Instituted 25 October 1915 by Prince Leopold IV. (1915 1921 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original non combatants ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Cross Patte with pebbled arms, overlaid by a central wreathed Lippe rose, topped by the monogram of Prince Leopold IV and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of TREUE BEWHRT IN