Lippe, Principality. A War Merit Cross Hold Surviving men of the company

Surviving men of the company (approximately 4

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1960-1968)

2001 to a date to be determined

he was placed in the SS Totenkopf Infantry Replacement Battalion 3

serving for fourteen years with ‘L’ Squadron

Lippe, Principality. A War Merit Cross Hold Surviving men of the company(Kriegsverdienstkreuz). Constructed of bronze gilt; the obverse depicting the Lippian rose within an open ended laurel wreath the twelve oclock arm of the cross with a crowned cipher of Leopold, the six oclock arm dated 1914; the reverse inscribed Fr Auszeichnung im Kriege (German For Merit at War); measuring 40. 87 mm (w) x 40. 88 mm (h); weighing 19. 4 grams; in overall near extremely fine condition.