Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Leopold Order, Unissued Grand Cross Prototype, By Zimmermann Archive dark green wool backing

dark green wool backing

riveted eagle and well marked on reverse

It is a United States Armed Forces decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement

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Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Leopold Order, Unissued Grand Cross Prototype, By Zimmermann Archive dark green wool backing(Leopold Orden, Groehrenkreuz Protoyp). Instituted 24 July 1906 by Prince Leopold IV. (Grand Cross issued 1910 1918). An exceptionally rare, unissued prototype of the Grand Cross of the Leopold Order, constructed of silvered with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with each arm completing in ball finials, each joined together through the quadrants by detailed silver monograms of Prince Leopold, the obverse of the arms featuring a