Lippe. A Leopold Order Honour Cross, Fourth Class Knight With Swords, C.1917 certificate_of_authenticity A professor later in life

A professor later in life

In the Defense of Social Order and the State

then reversed himself and became the leader in supporting liberal legislation

Division surrendered in 1945

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

Lippe. A Leopold Order Honour Cross, Fourth Class Knight With Swords, C.1917 certificate_of_authenticity A professor later in life(Leopold Orden 4. Klass mit Schwertern); a silver Maltese cross with swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a red enameled Lippian rose, surrounded by a blue enameled ring, inscribed Fr true und verdienst (German For loyalty and service); the reverse with a crowned royal cipher of Ludwig; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon; measuring 45. 97 mm (w) x 46. 11 mm (h);