Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Silver Merit Cross, C. 1918 Auction Archive The document was issued at

The document was issued at the Regiment headquarters on March 20th

measuring 135 mm (w) x 198 mm (h) x 40 mm (d)

superimposed on the obverse is the white enamelled Maltese cross with the obverse medallion presenting a silver gilt globe with a diagonal plain sash

with "War Office / Whitehall

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Silver Merit Cross, C. 1918 Auction Archive The document was issued at(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Paul Friedrich Emil Leopold of Lippe Detmold and Prince Adolf Georg of Schaumburg Lippe. (1869 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with each arm completing in ball finials, the obverse bearing a central raised and crowned monogram of Prince Adolf Georg on a pebbled background, circumscribed by an institution