Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, II Class Cross with Swords GTRexclude served as Chief Archivist for

served as Chief Archivist for Canada in Europe (1905-1938) and published a number of books on the history of New France

(Reichsparteitag Abzeichen)

with details highlighted in red threading

1939 - A rare and very clear signature in blue ink

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, II Class Cross with Swords GTRexclude served as Chief Archivist for(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Ehrenkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold II of Lippe and Prince Adolf Georg I of Schaumburg Lippe. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, with swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with a central white enameled disc bearing a red enameled Lippe rose, within a blue enameled ring