Solomon

It´s a quite sad story, as Prince Leopold IV. tried everything to prevent the deportation of his personal friend Eppstein. This photo of Dr. Hans Heinrich Lammers, Chef der Reichskanzlei is closely linked to Eppstein´s story, as the "award" of the Lippe-Detmold houseorder 2nd class with swords at the ring (which was "awarded" after 1918 by Lammers) was for sure a bribery of Prince Leopold IV. Eppstein and Lammers were comrades in the same regiment during WW1.

It´s the Schaumburg-Lippe silver merit medal.

Although I have already shown Friedrich Metze´s medalbar earlier, I also would like to present the complete group.

Thanks for your appreciation! Let´s continue with the group of Bezirksfeldwebel August Schäfer in the 7th AOK in Münster / Westfalia. I also have the refering award documents here...

This ribbonbar is one of my favorite...belonging to Oldwig von Natzmer, Flügeladjudant of Prince Leopold IV. This ribbonbar is very "special", as I have also a picture of the famous person of the principal Lippe-Detmold, who was wearing it... But damn, I forgot to write down his name and the name of his 1st wife 😁😁😁

And on this picture August Riekehof-Böhmer is wearing this beautiful medalbar. He is standing on the right side (first row). The picture was taken in 1914 (opening of the Landtag building in Detmold). Let´s continue with some medail- and ribbonbars... This one belongs to police officer Hermann Hufen from Rietberg (Prussia)...he got the silve merit medal as No. 1 (!) of the rolls on 25th Oct. 1888. This ribbon bar is really special...7 out of 9 awards are from Lippe-Detmold. Friedrich Multhaup (Fuerstlicher Bauverwalter) got: - Lippe war honour medal (non-combatant ribbon) - Lippe houseorder 4th class Div. B (and golden and silver merit cross, all have the same ribbon) - Lippe Leopoldorder owner´s cross (and Leopoldorder silver cross with the same ribbon) - Lippe houseorder golden and silver merit cross, both have the same ribbon - Prussia cross of the Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen - Prussia long service medal - Lippe veteran´s club cross - Lippe Medaille auf den Einzug des Grafregenten Ernst 1897 - Lippe Medaille zum erstrittenen Thronanspruch 1905

...and another award document, also for Bernhard von Francois and signed by von Eppstein. It´s for the Lippe-Detmold houseorder 2nd class with swords (23 awards between 1914-1918), von Eppstein got this class earlier in October 1915 (and returned it in 1917 after awarding the 1st class with swords).

Thank you Komtur for adding those pictures. I also have a picture of him, which I will add here (as a small break)... Von Eppstein is the 4th person from the left side, also wearing his cross for heroic deeds. And here is a very late award document for the cross for heroic deeds Lippe-Detmold, signed by Georg von Eppstein. Bernhard von Francois was the son of the famous General von Francois...I have (almost) all of his documents.

Here is another quite rare Lippe medal: Memorial medal 1866 Lippe-Detmold The medalbar with the golden and silver merit cross belongs to police officer Ignatz Hasse

A 3rd class of the houseorder is also missing....here is one, awarded by the priest Friedrich Lappe 😜

As I only showed so far the silver merit medal of the Leopoldorder, I now will complete the set. Bronce merit medal of the Leopoldorder... ...and the golden merit medal of the Leopoldorden ( 84 awards only) This one was awarded by Werner Eichhorst, decorator in Detmold. Most probably he worked for the Prince in the castle, as this was his only Lippe award (surprisingly already the highest class).

Another award for a female.... Miniature for the "Denkmünze zum Einzug des Grafregenten Ernst 1897" 1027 awards in total, 50 went to women... I think I haven´t show this nice fellow yet... War honour medal at the combatant ribbon (women-style!). Only around 60 females (nurses in a front lazareth) got this one.

Lippe-Detmold "Medaille auf den erstrittenen Thronanspruch 1905" awarded by a female! 27 women out of 176 persons in total got this medal.

Let´s continue with some uncased single items... Long service bar for 10 years ( 92 awards between 1857 and 1867 ) and the long service cross for 25 years (I´m still looking for the clasp for 20 years). The cross was awarded only 14 times!

Houseorder 2nd class with oakleaves (made by Godet) and of course the refering case for it. and an intersting variety, maybe a late one from Zimmermann, but the rear medaillon is from Godet. By the way...there are many different cases for this class around 🙂 Damn, this one I forgot... Lippe-Detmold houseorder 4th class div. A with swords (82 awards) ...and finally the only brast-star I have, unfortunately without any case. Lippe-Detmold star of the grandcross, awarded 11 times. This one was made again by Godet and is marked with JG&S on the needle. At this point I will stop posting again, before showing some nice Lippe groups...

Prince Leopold IV. of Lippe-Detmold himself Georg Freiherr von Eppstein, personal friend of Prince Leopold IV. and his adjudant Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (Rupprecht got a double set, pinback cross and war merit cross in silver gilden, this set was sold some years ago and I unfortunately missed it). My cross is Eppstein´s cross. ...and once more, another ultra rare bird....awarded only three times!!! It´s the houseorder 3rd class Lippe-Detmold with swords at the ring. I even have a 2nd case for the same order, which differs a lot....but there will be no chance to ever find a 2nd piece. ...upps, again a cased nice little fellow 🙂 Houseorder 2nd class, first version with LA, previously awarded as the "old 1st class".

Now let´s go to a another highlight...house order 4th class with swords at the ring! Officially this class was never awarded and only 5 pieces were ever produced. As the Prince ran out of pieces of the "normal" 4th class with swords div. A in summer 1918, Friedrich Metze, Direktor Artilleriewerkstatt Lippstadt", who owned this medalbar, got instead this special 4th class....I haven´t seen so far a 2nd piece of this class.

No....please go ahead in posting Lippe stuff...there is so much more, I don´t have in my collection and I still keep hunting for! Let´s continue with some cased houseorders Lippe-Detmold....WARNING, keep an eye on your bloodpressure 😁 Lippe-Detmold Golden merit cross (official version in gold, hollow made) another golden merit cross, variety in silver gilden, also hollow produced, most likely made by Zimmermann (late piece). I´m not sure, if it was ever awarded, as the official pieces were all made in gold. Damn....and another variety of the golden merit cross 😁 This one is also hollow and silver gilden, but the type of gilding differs from the previous one! As some 4th classes of the houseorder were shown previously, I skip the "usual" ones and I only show this very rare litte bird. This one is purely made by Godet (marked with JG&S) and very rare to find. The back differs from the Büsch and Zimmermann made pieces and the "hybrid" awards, which were refreshed and re-awarded after returning. I only know so far one identical 4th class from Godet.

Before moving to any Lippe medalbars, I will continue to show you some cased roses, there are still some more to show to you 😎 Ultra rare Lippe-Detmold Leopoldorder with the crown, pinback-cross, 1st model, only awarded 6 times (!) between 1909-1910. Oh, this one I forgot to show earlier. The first war merit crosses were awarded in a small red couvert instead of the paper-packet. These couverts are very rare and only produced until the beginning of 1915! This is one of my favorite pieces in my collection, only three pieces were produced (I can proof this with the copy of Prince Leopold IV.´s written order) Lippe-Detmold war honour cross for heroic deeds in silver gilden (!), marked with 800. In order to avoid merging everything together in one post, I will start with the cased Lippe-Detmold houseorder later seperately.

How about cased roses? Here are some.... Lippe-Detmold life-saving medal 3rd type incl. case (very rare, as there were in total only 20 awards!) Lippe-Detmold Women merit medal incl. case ( as rare as the lifesaving medal ) Golden merit medal Lippe-Detmold and the silver merit medal... Cased "Einzugsmedaille des Grafregenten Ernst zur Lippe 1897" (The case is also quite rare) Owners cross of the Leopoldorder Lippe-Detmold Silver merit medal of the Leopoldorden Lippe-Detmold

Nice idea to reactivate this topic....as I´m only collecting Lippe-Detmold 😎 Let´s start with some packets: Lippe-Detmold war merit cross / Kriegsverdienstkreuz (already shown) Lippe-Detmold war honour medal / Kriegsehrenmedaille and Lippe-Detmold military merit medal / Militärverdienstmedaille ...and now something very rare, as it was never founded or awarded. Only a few trial pieces were delivered. Bronce merit medal with swords of the Leopold-order Lippe-Detmold (Bronzene Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern Leopoldorden)

Hi Dave, thanks a lot. Friedrich Dietz von Bayer indeed had another son, but it was a stillborn nameless child in 1923. I already checked all candidates, who got both 4th classes from Detmold and Schaumburg, without any success. The owner must be born before 1870 (NC medal for 1870/71) and the Schaumburg award might be an early one (white background of the rose). But this doesn´t really help in this case. BR Roman

I know, but I got this chain directly from the heir, unfortunately he was not able to say which family-member was the previous owner.

Another Lippe-group...not yet identified, the Lippische Rose for art and science 3rd class was probably after 1918 awarded. And again a small chain from Lippe (Detmold and Schaumburg!) of a NC. The name I got was "Dietz von Bayer", but I couldn´t find him in the rolls so far. This chain is quite unique, as the Lippe-Detmold Leopoldorden 3rd class was awarded only 16 times. The owner was Conrad Trauthan, Gewerbeaufseher (industry-inspector) in Bielefeld...

An unknown NC from Lippe-Detmold....