Lippe, Principality. A Princely Schaumburg-Lippe Houseorder, Officer Cross With Swords, C.1913 United Republic of 45 mm x 120 mm

45 mm x 120 mm

hallmarked with Imperial silver hallmarks (800 fine)

Footnote: George Augustus Faddy was born in England in 1865 and later immigrated to Canada

The first inscribed "He 72-W

Lippe, Principality. A Princely Schaumburg-Lippe Houseorder, Officer Cross With Swords, C.1913 United Republic of 45 mm x 120 mm1899 1918Issue.(Frstlich Schaumburg Lippische Offizierskreuz); a silver gilt Maltese cross with ball finals and white enameled arms and crossed swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a silver gilt eight pointed star, 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 plain, with a vertical pinback