Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, II Class Cross with Swords United Republic of and along the crown of

and along the crown of the cap

Edmund Lodge subsequently served from 1822-1838

approximately 15mm diameter

the Maltese medal with silvering and numbered "981/1000" on the edge

gilt wear on the edges and tips of the rays

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, II Class Cross with Swords United Republic of and along the crown of(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Ehrenkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold II of Lippe and Prince Adolf Georg I of Schaumburg Lippe. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, with swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with a central white enameled disc bearing a red enameled Lippe rose, within a blue enameled ring