Lippe-Detmold

[Solomon]

On 13/04/2021 at 21:53, Beau Newman said:

I thought I would revive this topic with this little mini chain.  The center award appears to be a 2nd Type Leopold Order, 3rd Class.  The Red Eagle 4th is not unusual but, the Russian 1904/05 Red Cross medal is.  With so few of the Leopolds awarded and the unusual Russian connection, is an ID possible?

 

 

 

That was rather easy, as the Leopoldorden 3rd class was not often awarded.

I´m pretty sure it belongs to
Semjon Lipliawsky, Dr.med Prof., Head of the Russian Institute in Berlin, born in Wiatka, Russia on 24th April 1874.

He got the Leopoldorden 3rd class Lippe-Detmold on 27th December 1912.

At that time he didn´t have any other award (or he forgot to state them on his receipt).

 

By the way, very nice miniature chain....:-)

 

[Beau Newman]

Many thanks!

[Solomon]

I just want to add the twin to the shown mini-chain....
Conrad Trauthahn used to be "Gewerbeaufseher" (industry inspector) in Bielefeld.

[pinpon590]

reactivating this topic with this Lippe Honor cross 2nd class, with swords...

 

enjoy !

 

(Nimmergut says 24 awarded during 1914-1918).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I don't remeber if I showed you before this merit cross of Lippe's Bertha order...

 

Only 15 awards ?

 

 

 

Edited December 13, 2023 by pinpon590

[Stogieman]

Wow! Rare and beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[graham]

Great pieces pinpon590, thanks for sharing.

 

Here is my Warrior Cross:

 

 

 

 

[graham]

This one is my War honor medal with the combat ribbon:

 

 

 

 

[pinpon590]

Now, I can show you the complete " roses family " !

 

[graham]

Excellent!!!!!!

[Deruelle]

Magnifique Jean-Baptiste. Bravo

 

Voici mes médailles de Lippe-Detmold avec écrin et papier.

 

Christophe

Edited December 15, 2023 by Deruelle

[Stogieman]

Christophe! Love seeing the case and packet, thanks for sharing!

[pinpon590]

1 hour ago, Deruelle said:

Magnifique Jean-Baptiste. Bravo

 

Voici mes médailles de Lippe-Detmold avec écrin et papier.

 

Christophe

 

Already seen the box, but Nevers the paper packet for KVK 🤩

[Solomon]

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)
 

Edited December 22, 2023 by Solomon

[Solomon]

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

[pinpon590]

Soooooo nniiiccceee !  😍

[Wild Card]

Now there is an excellent example of dedicated collecting.

Congratulations and thank you for sharing.

[Stogieman]

Just wonderful! I have a case and packet fetish so it’s always a thrill to see some! Thank you!

[Solomon]

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.

[VtwinVince]

Holy cow, now there's no point in posting anything else in this thread.

[Solomon]

55 minutes ago, VtwinVince said:

Holy cow, now there's no point in posting anything else in this thread.

 

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.

 

[Solomon]

 

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.

 

 

[pinpon590]

4 hours ago, Solomon said:

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.

 

Exceptional !

 

Who are the recipients of these 3 exceptions ?

[Solomon]

Just now, pinpon590 said:

 

Exceptional !

 

Who are the recipients of these 3 exceptions ?

 

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".

 

[Solomon]

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...

[pinpon590]

What wonders !!! 😍