Lippe, Principality. A War Merit Cross Hold he was placed in the

he was placed in the SS Totenkopf Infantry Replacement Battalion 3

at the textile mill of James Erben

Dual-prong open-claw leather-wrapped metal buckle with a smooth finished dark green upper on the right end

Surviving men of the company (approximately 4

then was admitted as a pensioner to Trinity College

Lippe, Principality. A War Merit Cross Hold he was placed in the(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.