Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross for Heroic Deeds, c. 1935 Archive "FRANÇAISE" at the right and

"FRANÇAISE" at the right and "HAUTEUR 152 PIEDS 3 P

he was wearing civilian clothes at the time - something for which he would have had any soldier under his command hanged on the spot

but the rank is indecipherable

he states several pieces of bone have come away since last board

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross for Heroic Deeds, c. 1935 Archive "FRANÇAISE" at the right and(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