Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 certificate_of_authenticity The dagger completes with a

The dagger completes with a silver-plated zink alloy lower crossguard

the inside lined in a gold-coloured rayon

They also wanted to honor the men and women who pledged their lives

surrounded by the inscription "FOUR GENERATIONS OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY" and dated "1897" below

Constructed of machine-embroidered gold threading on a tan rayon-blended background EM/NCO breast eagle

Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, 2nd Class, c.1917 certificate_of_authenticity The dagger completes with a(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