Germany WW1 Lippe Detmold Military Merit Medal 1915 2nd type with Swords

Imperial Germany - Lippe Detmold: WW1 Military 
Merit Medal, 2nd type, with Swords. 
On the obverse: The crowned cipher of Prince Paul 
Alexander Leopold.
On the reverse: The Rose of Lippe within a laurel 
wreath.
The medal was instituted by Prince Paul Alexander 
Leopold in 1832 to be awarded for long exemplary 
service, distinguished participation in campaigns 
or military merit.
The medal was reintroduced by Prince Leopold IV, 
in 1914. The 1st type of the reintroduced medal was 
designed without swords (only 2 such medals were 
awarded until 1915). 
This is the 2nd type of the medal, with swords, 
issued since 1915 as a War time decoration.
The medal was awarded to NCOs and other 
ranks of the III Battalion of Infantry Regiment 
N. 55 (6th Westphalian) and soldiers from Lippe 
in other Units who have been declared unfit for 
service due to a slight wound or a field disease 
and who have not been awarded the Iron Cross 
or have been nominated for the award.
The medal was struck by C.F. Zimmermann in 
Pforzheim and was discontinued in 1918.
Only 1900 medals were issued in total.
A scarce decoration.

FULL SIZE

WW1 1914 - 1918

Item 100% original - ribbon original

Condition as on the photos

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