Solomon

I think, he is wearing the SA-Stabschef uniform...he looks like Viktor Lutze, but I?m not sure... Best regards Roman EDIT: It is Viktor Lutze...no doubt. I found the same photo here: http://www.themarshalsbaton.com/Rare%20ranks.htm

Yes, this maybe right...I think there is no chance to look into these rolls. The files after 1918 are stored in the castle of Detmold, not in the archive (another collector told me). You need a permission (given by the Prince of Lippe) to look into these files. I haven?t tried this yet, but I?m sure it won?t be easy. I know, that there are recent files in the castle of Schaumburg in Hannover, which are locked by the Prince of Schaumburg... Best regards Roman

Thank you very much, Rick. This guy should be the right one...really interesting work! Best regards Roman

Here is another one...awarded by Landgerichtsdirektor, Geheimer Justizrat Wilhelm Heuser on 12. July 1917... I have no further information on Wilhelm Heuser, did anybody find him in a rank list? Best regards Roman

Hehe, nooo...I completed it to sell it (already reserved). My LIPPE-budget needs to be enlarged

After some doubts on the combination long service 25 years and crown order 4th class, I changed it into the 3th class. I hope you like it, too. By the way, the crown order 3th class is made by J.Godet & Sohn (JG & S), of course gold. Best regards Roman

Hehe, nice link...with this link I gave somebody, who argued with me about a simple coin for 4 Euro about two weeks, a negative feedbacks 90 days after the auctions end. He didn?t read proper the describtion of the article and didn?t watch the photos. I wrote good condition, he thought it was in very good condition....again: a coin for 4 Euro!!!! Next time he?ll think about his words "cheater and liar" Best regards Solomon

Oh yes, I remember it! I got the FAM Saxony from this destroyed medalbar. It was IDed down to four possible owners (because of the 1905-medal) , a typical bar from a "Hof-Lakai". By the way, the different ribbon is from the house order Lippe-Detmold !!!! Best regards Roman

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...a new flower in my garden House order 4th class Div. A with its case (made by Jean Godet & Sohn, Berlin) This one was awarded 560 times, not as rare as the other HOs from Lippe, but still nice. By the way, www.hausorden.de is my new project... Avers:

Ah, very nice indeed...I got one a long time ago, quite cheap. My ring for the ribbon is a bit different. Does anyone have a medalbar with this type of long-service medal (Landwehr)? Best regards Solomon

Hi gents, I got another picture from the collector who owns Rittmeister Keim?s medalbar (which was IDed by Rick easily). This identifaction might be more difficult, it seems to be the medalbar of a "Lakai" or something like that, not a high ranked soldier... Of course this medalbar is still nameless...so please let me (and the owner) know, what we can see Best regards Solomon

I allready asked him....but...more important...I know the (former) owner of this medalbar. It was shown in a german magazine for awards, and, of course, the owner is not the ebay-seller. I hope, ebay will stop him soon... Solomon

Fantastic work...thank you very,very much! The owner of the medalbar will be very pleased to read all the information... Best regards Solomon

Hi gentlemen, as requested, I would like to show you a a very nice medalbar from Wuerttemberg and Schaumburg-Lippe. Another collector, who owns this rarity, asked me to help him with the identification of the former owner. (No, it?s not my medalbar...and I?m lucky that there isn?t any award from Lippe-Detmold on it ) Once again Rick did the ID easily...and now it?s my turn to make some advertisement for his book Now, Rick...please let the others know who the former owner was (I already know it ) Best regards Solomon P.S. I?m sure Daniel is also interested in it

Something quite common...a typical medalbar from Lippe-Detmold after 1934. Unspectacular but I love them, too (It?s my second one with this combination. ). The IC is marked with FW (Franz Xaver Wimmer). Solomon

Ah, nice war honor medal...on a bow-style NC-ribbon for women. I have the same medal with the same bow-style ribbon for combatants (extreme rare!). It?s possible that this award goes the NC-IC, but not on a bow for women The combination NC-iron cross and NC-war merit cross Lippe-Detmold is a quite common and possible combination. The problem with this offer is the seller and his "very special" medalbars... By the way the seller gives no guarantee for the combination of awards on his medalbars... he only guarantees that the awards and ribbons are original Please think about this carefully... Best regards Solomon

Hmmm...bid on your own risk, but I as Lippe-expert, who is always interested in such rare NC-combinations, won?t buy this stuff under any circumstances. Just my opinion... Best regards Solomon

Oooops, I?m sorry that I didn`t answer months ago You are not right...these envelopes belong to the early crosses...SCHWARK mentioned these envelopes in his book, too. Inside was the rest of the paper, in which the shown cross was wrapped. So...watch out for these little envelopes. Best regards Solomon

...and the other site...

...and the original document...

Oooops, I just saw that I haven?t showed one document yet... This document is probabely the key for the answer, why Leopold IV. has been asked about the marriage. This document is for the parents of "my" Prince. It?s from 1916 and with this document his father and mother became the title "Durchlaucht". More important is, that his parents and their children ("Agnate") were raised to heir apparent ("Thronfolger") Weird rulls of aristrocracy...

...and a scan of the change of 1918 (the other paragraphs I didn?t scan). This change is quite important for my award-document Only the members of the (ruling) house of Lippe-Biesterfeld were allowed to wear the HO 1st class as "Grosskreuz" at the "Cordon" (=ribbon). Members of the house of Lippe-Weissenfeld had to wear the "normal" 1st class. It?s really interesting that the statutes were changed short before the resignment of Leopold IV. (von Lippe-Biesterfeld) Hope you enjoy it like me Best regards Solomon

...and the other thing were the statutes for the house-order Lippe-Detmold, in their latest form of November, 9th 1918. The cover...