Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Princely House Order, II Class Cross in Gold, c. 1900 Archive with unofficial contemporary engraved naming

with unofficial contemporary engraved naming THOMAS BLOOMFIELD 35TH RIFLE REGT

unmarked measuring 16 mm (w) x 15 mm (h) with a 55 mm-long needle

2 WS and No2 BGS graduating on 8th November 1941 and commissioned in 1942

measuring 94 mm (w) (exclusive of handle) x 120 mm (h)

The inside is lined in brown leather

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Princely House Order, II Class Cross in Gold, c. 1900 Archive with unofficial contemporary engraved naming(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