A 1914-1918 Lippe War Merit Cross Archive In stamped silver nickel with

In stamped silver nickel with bronze face plate affixed by two solder points

with 1000 individual green stitches

numbered "131358" on the reverse

All documents are unfolded and in excellent condition

(Commonwealth Gazette 4 July 1914) and

A 1914-1918 Lippe War Merit Cross Archive In stamped silver nickel withA 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.