Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Leopold Order, Ii Class Cross, C.1916 Auction Archive illustrating three bullion seagulls above

illustrating three bullion seagulls above crossed bullion branches

10 mm (w) x 59

but displaying typical manufacturing characteristics of Steinhauer & Lück of Lüdenscheid

He signed his Attestation Paper as Alfred William Armstrong (Sillett's alias) with the Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Leopold Order, Ii Class Cross, C.1916 Auction Archive illustrating three bullion seagulls above(Leopold Orden). Instituted Prince Leopold IV in 1906. Type III (1916 1918). In silver, a Maltese cross with purple enamelled arms and ball finials, between each arm is a large silver monogrammed L, the obverse medallion presents a large silver rose with five petals and in the center sits a handpainted blue swallow standing on a golden star on a red enamelled field, surrounded by the inscription FIDELITER SINE TIMORE 1906 (Loyal Without Fear), the