Lippe-Schaumberg, Principality. A Long Service Decoration, C.1851 Buy Now affixed to a black and

affixed to a black and white cotton twill rosette

4mm (x59mm including wreath suspension)

previously awarded has the highest class of the order with the special class of Collar

and was suppressed by Royal Ordinance of 16 April in 1824 which made it illegal to wear decorations and insignia other than those of Royal orders

Lippe-Schaumberg, Principality. A Long Service Decoration, C.1851 Buy Now affixed to a black and(Dienstauszeichnungen). Instituted 11 June 1851 by Prince Paul Friedrich Emile Leopold III. A gilded iron clasp for ten years (N. C. O. and men), P F E L cipher inscribed on obverse for Paul Friedrich Emile Leopold, reverse bears a horizontal pinback, stitched on red ribbon with two yellow stripes, measuring 45. 17 mm (w) x 14. 08 mm (h), very fine.