Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 United Republic of thick maroon leather straps attached

thick maroon leather straps attached via brass loops and posts

measuring 28 mm x 19 mm

or those who served as battlefield medics tending the wounded

scattered gilt wear on the MMM

measuring 21 mm in total diameter

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Silver Merit Cross, C.1915 United Republic of thick maroon leather straps attached(Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). A silver Maltese cross with pebbled arms, the cross arms tipped with ball finials, the obverse centre presents the crowned initials PFEL for Paul Friedrich Emil Leopold, circumscribed by the inscription DEN XXV OCTOBER MDCCCLXIX (the foundation date 25 October 1869), the reverse centre presents a crowned Lippische rose, surrounded by the inscription FR TREUE UND VERDIENST (FOR FAITH AND MERIT), measuring 41. 19 mm (w) x 45.