Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Merit Cross, Pinback Version, Privately-Purchased Example Auction Archive scattered gilt wear on the

scattered gilt wear on the head of Charles IV

Supporter's Ribbon

measuring 510 mm in length

He later served with the Canadian Army Pay Corps

making this the original medal of isue

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Merit Cross, Pinback Version, Privately-Purchased Example Auction Archive scattered gilt wear on the(Kriegsverdienstkreuz Steckkreuz). Instituted 8 December 1914 by Prince Leopold IV. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central Lippe rose situated within a circular laurel wreath, above an institution date of 1914 and below a monogram of Prince Leopold IV, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback