A 1914-1918 Lippe War Merit Cross Archive as a Private (3034272)

as a Private (3034272)

with 1000 individual green stitches

This resulted in an amputation "at the third proximal phalanx

obverse illustrating Batavia in republican hat of 16th century wielding a sword and olive branch

All documents are unfolded and in excellent condition

A 1914-1918 Lippe War Merit Cross Archive as a Private (3034272)A 1914 1918 Lippe War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienst Kreuz); on gilt bronze; the obverse bears a centrally placed laurel wreath encircling the Rose of Lippe, topped with a crowned cipher of Prince Leopold IV, with the lower armed bearing 1914; the reverse inscribed For Distinction During Wartime across all arms; horizontally pierced ball and loop for suspension; on correct replacement ribbon; some contact marks, but otherwise very fine condition.