Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Faithful Service Cross, I Class, C.1915 Auction Archive left Poland and entered occupied

left Poland and entered occupied Czech territory (the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia)

due to "Debility" at No

edge bruising and surface wear

and 3 o’clock arms bear a single star

the lid liner maker marked “WILH

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Faithful Service Cross, I Class, C.1915 Auction Archive left Poland and entered occupied(Steckkreuz fr Treue Dienste). Instituted 18 November 1914 by Prince Adolph. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse bearing a central crowned monogram of Prince Adolph, the arms bearing a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE 1914 (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE 1914), the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 52 mm (w) x 36. 76 mm (h), weighing