Lippe. A 1910-1918 Bertha Order Women’s Merit Cross Newly Listed 13 mm x 94

13 mm x 94

The cap is constructed of field-grey wool with fold-down side and back panels with gently sloping

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1918 and awarded his Purple Heart with one oak leaf cluster on July 9

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Lippe. A 1910-1918 Bertha Order Women’s Merit Cross Newly Listed 13 mm x 94"An example of a 1910 1918 issue Lippe Bertha Order Womens Cross (Lippe Bertha Orden Frauenverdienstkreuz); a bronze oxidized cross; the obverse with the royal monogram of Leopold Bertha within a laurel wreath; the reverse inscribed Dem Frauenverdienst (German the Womens Merit); on a loop for suspension, with its period original womens ribbon with a safety pin; measuring 37. 44 mm x 46. 90 mm; in overall very fine condition. Footnote: 15 examples of