Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Princely House Order, II Class Cross in Gold, c. 1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic reading “Hersteller a11424” with “57”

reading “Hersteller a11424” with “57” written beside the numbering (possibly for sizing)

silver gilt and flawless enamels

and include some running marks to the blade and loosening of the structure

the fuller running three-quarters of the length of the bayonet on both sides

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Princely House Order, II Class Cross in Gold, c. 1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic reading “Hersteller a11424” with “57”(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Ehrenkreuz II. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold III of Lippe Detmold and Prince Adolf I Georg of Schaumburg Lippe. (1890 1918 issue). Constructed of 18K Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms situated within a Gold frame, the obverse overlaid by a central Gold right pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central white enameled medallion inset