The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Schaumburg-Lippe Loyal Service Cross. Unnamed as issued. A Greek cross with the ends of the arms splayed out and a raised edge line. Obverse: An ornamental 'A' surmounted by a crown in the centre and the inscription 'FUR / TREUE / DIENSTE / 1914' (For loyal Service) on the arms. Reverse: Plain. The cross is fitted with a loose ring suspender and a piece of 31 mm cornflower blue ribbon which has a 4.5 mm white centre stripe and similar white side stripes 1 mm from each edge.
Originally created by Prince Adolf Georg as a commemorative cross in 1870-71 intended primarily for officers and men of the regiments of which he was colonel-in chief: The 2nd Kurhessischen Hussars, Regiment No. 14 of the Cavalry Division, the Westphalian Jager Battalion, No. 7, and the Rhenish Hussars Regiment No. 7. The cross reinstituted 18 November 1914. The Cross for Loyal Service was the principal military award of Schaumburg-Lippe in the First World War. It was awarded without regard for rank. The non combatant ribbon was white with 3 mm red side stripes and light blue edges. A pin back version was also made and given mainly to royalty but was not a higher grade of the award. This medal forms part of a collection assembled by the Memorial in the 1920s for display.
Schaumburg-Lippe Loyal Service Cross. Unnamed as issued. A slightly concave Greek cross with the ends of the arms splayed out and a raised edge line. Obverse: An ornamental 'A' surmounted by a crown i
Nazi Customs Loyal Service Decoration. A bronze cross pattee with a beaded inner edge. Obverse: A Nazi German eagle with outstretched wings clutching a swastika within a wreath and surrounded by a lar
Lippe War Honour Medal. Unnamed as issued. Octagonal in shape. Obverse: The rose of Lippe within a laurel wreath on a cross pattée. The top arm has a crown over 'L' (Leopold IV) and the lower arm '191
Brunswick War Merit Cross for Women. Unnamed as issued. A cross couped with slightly widening arms and concave ends. Between the arms is a 4 mm wide circle which has four crowns on the outside edge. O
Cross of War Merit [Lippisches Verdienstkreuz], instituted in 1914. Gilt gun-metal cross pattee. Obverse shows a Lippe rose in centre encircled by a wreath. On upper arm a crowned 'L', on lower arm '1
Hessen Military Medical Cross. A copper bronze cross with the arms widening to ends shaped like a gothic arch. Obverse: On three lines 'fur Pflege der Soldaten 1914' (for the care of soldiers 1914). R
