Lippe, Principality. A Leopold Order Cross Archive around dual bands of black

around dual bands of black threading

with the 1st and 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers taking part in the First Day of the Battle of the Somme that saw the British forces sustain horrific casualties

each of the eight star points with five faceted rays

the exterior reverse is engraved “Kay from Johnnie 11-9-43”

serving in the Mediterranean in 1915 and saw service in the Dardanelles

Lippe, Principality. A Leopold Order Cross Archive around dual bands of black(Leopold Orden, Kreuz ohne Krone). Instituted 24 June 1906 by Prince Leopold IV. (1906 1910 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with each arm completing in ball finials, joined through each quadrant by a free standing monogram of Prince Leopold IV, the obverse bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a red enameled Lippe rose with details highlighted in gilt, set within a circular ring with a