Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A House Order Of The Honour Cross, Ii Class Cross In Gold, Type Ii Auction in a traditional saddle shape

in a traditional saddle shape

composed of the Croatian Coat of Arms in form of a triple braid (known in Croatian as 'pleter')

along with scattered wear spots in the plating

A Romanian Order of Labour

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A House Order Of The Honour Cross, Ii Class Cross In Gold, Type Ii Auction in a traditional saddle shape(Hausorden Ehrenkreuz, II. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold III and Adolf Georg I. (1887 1890 issue). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with a Gold frame and white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a red enameled Lippe Detmold rose, within a ring of blue enamels bearing a gilt inscription of FR TREUE UND VERDIENSTE (FOR LOYALTY AND