Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross for Heroic Deeds, c. 1935 Archive Soviet Defence of Leningrad

Soviet Defence of Leningrad

one clasp: Punitive Expedition

and dark toned silver frame

Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal

scotch tape along edges and in center of document

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross for Heroic Deeds, c. 1935 Archive Soviet Defence of Leningrad(Kriegsehrenkreuz fr heldenmtige Tat). Instituted 8 December 1914 by Prince Leopold IV. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a slightly vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central raised Lippe rose surrounded by a circular laurel leaf wreath, flanked by an inscription of FR HELDENMTIGE TAT (FOR HEROIC DEEDS), topped by a monogram of Prince Leopold IV, situated above a date of 1914, the reverse with a