Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross For Heroic Deeds, C. 1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac circumscribed by “VOLKSABSTIMMUNG IM SAARGEBIET

circumscribed by “VOLKSABSTIMMUNG IM SAARGEBIET - 13

96 mm (h - including its crown suspension)

Foonote: In the name of the German Volk I award to the sister of the German Red Cross Margarete Kiesecker in Karlsruhe the Badge of Honour for Caring for the German Volk

in form of stylized Cyrillic "Draga"

in turn overlaying a banner bearing a national motto of “UNA

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross For Heroic Deeds, C. 1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac circumscribed by “VOLKSABSTIMMUNG IM SAARGEBIET(Kriegsehrenkreuz fr heldenmtige Tat). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central raised Lippe rose surrounded by a circular laurel wreath, the three and nine oclock arms bearing a raised inscription of FR HELDENMTIGE TAT (FOR HEROIC DEEDS), the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing the monogram of Prince Leopold IV, the reverse with a wide block hinge and