Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 Hold The First World War pair

The First World War pair is un-mounted

centering red cross with motto surround in Gothic script "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Schwesternhelferin" (German Red Cross Nurse's Helper)

photos taken circa late 1942

a torpedo that ripped out her forepeak and destroyed the bridge and radio struck Spikenard (the port side bow near the bridge)

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 Hold The First World War pair(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