A 1914-1918 Lippe War Merit Cross Archive Hesse: Sassia Veteran's Badge (die-stamped

Hesse: Sassia Veteran's Badge (die-stamped brass with red

obverse illustrating Batavia in republican hat of 16th century wielding a sword and olive branch

This resulted in an amputation "at the third proximal phalanx

In stamped silver nickel with bronze face plate affixed by two solder points

A 1914-1918 Lippe War Merit Cross Archive Hesse: Sassia Veteran's Badge (die-stampedA 1914 1918 Lippe War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienst Kreuz); on gilt bronze; the obverse bears a centrally placed laurel wreath encircling the Rose of Lippe, topped with a crowned cipher of Prince Leopold IV, with the lower armed bearing 1914; the reverse inscribed For Distinction During Wartime across all arms; horizontally pierced ball and loop for suspension; on correct replacement ribbon; some contact marks, but otherwise very fine condition.