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Argh...I had this medal in my mind, but yesterday evening it was too late and I was too tired to check the rolls. BR Roman

Ah...then I have to talk to Daniel...Is the list for the cross for heroic deeds already done? I still have the plan to digitalize it (the 1st project with higher priority), although it is going to be tough. I don´t know, if it is really paying to have list of theawards post 1918, because most of the awards (especially the house order) were politically motivated. Best regards Roman

Hi Christophe, difficult to say...I think it is a civil medal, maybe from Lippe?! Nice picture anyway. Best regards Roman

But this would result into a second project...the award list post 1918 exist and I know, that an access is possible. Best regards Roman

FORGET IT!!! I already have an option on EVERY piece of Lippe-Detmold, which will be sold in the future :-) Below you will find an nice example (I´m pretty sure, Rick will like it).....ooooooh, is there a mistake in the award-date?????!!!!!! :-) Best regards Roman

Hi Matthew, I checked the statutes and my assumption was correct...for honorable, long-time members of one of Detmold´s veteran-club. The cross had to be returned after death and was awarded only 226 times. Best regards Roman

@ Utopis It is a good one without doubts. Schwark shows exactly your type in his book, too and if you search within this topic, you will find an example with chiffre LA backwards. The cross is an older one, made by Carl Büsch, Hannover. The enameled center of the rose is the clear evidence. Is it a golden or silver gilden cross? And do you have a name of the former owner? @redeagleorder For sure the owner must have been a honourable member of a local Detmolder "Kriegerverein" (veteran´s club). Once I will have access to Schwark´s book I can translate the important requirements stated in the statutes, if you wish. Best regards Roman

Hi Alex, thank you for the additional information. The information on the airplane I got from a German Marine expert, he was also identifying the type :-) BR Roman

Hi Rick, but still we are talking about more than 1,000 single pieces of paper...and partly with very ugly handwrittings :-/ First of all, I will try to fix the rolls of the cross for heoric deeds, "only" 740 papers... BR Roman

...and another picture from my family...drill at the "Marine Landflieger Abteilung". My great grandfather is sitting in the middle of the picture (with the IC-ribbon). BR Roman

Nice topic! Here is a very rare picture of a "Friedrichshafen FF33". This picture was taken on board of the SMS Danzig... Best regards Roman

Interesting combination...I would have expected a Lippe Detmold house order 4th class Div. B instead of Div. A, due to the war merit cross on non combatant ribbon...quite wired. Best regrads Roman

I only have a picture from a brave Lippe-Detmold guy...maybe he was so excited because of his marriage Best regards Roman

Feuerwehrehrenzeichen Lippe-Detmold für 25 Jahre Best regards Roman

...ready for an unknown rarity? It looks ugly, but it is ultra-rare...war merit cross Lippe-Detmool in zinc (only around 50 crosses out of 21.000 crosses in total were produced in zinc)... Roman

...and another rarity from Lippe-Detmold with 20 awards Lippe-Detmold Lifesaving medal (here the 1st model) at the correct ribbon Best regards Roman

Correct figures...I can show you even the increase....women style combatant ribbon...around 50 women awarded this decoration, mostly working as nurses in a lazareth.

Danke. Die Kuriosität ist, dass er obwohl er Detmolder Bürger war, zuerst die Schaumburger Auszeichnung bekam....ein politischer Fauxpas! Thank you...really curious is, that he received the Schaumburg award BEFORE the Detmold awards, although he was a Detmold citizen...a political fauxpas :-) Best regards Roman

Here is another medalbar with Hamburg... The bar belongs to Bezirksfeldwebel August Schäfer at the Bezirkskommando in Münster/Westfalen. Unfortunately I have all documents, except the one for the Hanseatic cross... Best regards Roman

Me too...that was the reason, why I couldn´t say no to this mini. Unfortunately I don´t have the former owner´s name... Best regards Roman

And here is something, that would to this nice rare "Offiziersehrenkreuz" with swords... Can you show us the back with the needle, too? Best regards Roman

Hello guys, does anyone have a honour cross of the Leopold-Order Lippe-Detmold in his collection? Actually I have a quite interesting discussion with another collector regarding the production of this order (and the difference of Büsch- and Godet-crosses). In addition it seems, that there are even differences within the early Büsch-crosses, as mine seems to be made of two pieces (cross-body) plus the two seperated centers (soldered afterwards with polished seams), while the other cross consists of a one-piece cross-body with two seperate centers). I attached my four-pieces cross, which I recently could welcome in my collection after a long, long search By the way, both crosses (mine and the other one) are original awarded, without any doubts. Best regards Roman

It´s an older topic, but nevertheless I would like to add my (complete) set of this merit cross for heroic deeds (cased cross with original award document), which I recently got for my collection. The award documents are usually signed by Prince Leopold IV. himself, as the shown one. Best regards Roman

I fully agree to publisg such an issue, as at least for me, this is a question of honour between collectors. It is even more interesting, when I can tell you, that I sold an order to him via Ebay in the meantime, for which I received late, but still in time the payment ( more than 500 EUR...). I was warned, that probably I won't receive any payment, but at the end everything was ok... Best regards Roman

Hi Matthew, A quite acceptable price, if the ribbon was an original, too. BR Roman