Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Lippe Rose Medal Of Honour For Art And Science, I Class With Crown, By C.f. Zimmermann, C.1905 Hold 21st 1905 CONTAINING COPPER FROM

21st 1905 CONTAINING COPPER FROM H

84 mm (w) x 132 mm (l) x 26 mm (h)

with the swords attached to the cross directly above the upper arm

in silver with centrepiece in GOLD and enamels

integral ring on the reverse

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Lippe Rose Medal Of Honour For Art And Science, I Class With Crown, By C.f. Zimmermann, C.1905 Hold 21st 1905 CONTAINING COPPER FROM(Lippische Rose I. Klasse Ehrenzeichen fr Kunst und Wissenschaft). Instituted 9 June 1898 by Count Regent Ernst of Lippe Biesterfeld. (1899 1910 issue). An exceptionally rare Lippe Rose Medal of Honour for Art and Science, I Class, constructed of silver with gilt and enamels, consisting of a double sided, five petaled Lippe rose integrated with a five pointed gilt star, the obverse bearing a central gilt depiction of a female figure kissing a male