Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Silver Merit Cross, C. 1918 United Republic of A Pre Second War Air

A Pre Second War Air Force Observer Badge by A

front visor trim and zinc chin strap (with sliding lock)

dated “1938”

KMP and blue scepter

on original ribbons with ribbon bar

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Silver Merit Cross, C. 1918 United Republic of A Pre Second War Air(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Paul Friedrich Emil Leopold of Lippe Detmold and Prince Adolf Georg of Schaumburg Lippe. (1869 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with each arm completing in ball finials, the obverse bearing a central raised and crowned monogram of Prince Adolf Georg on a pebbled background, circumscribed by an institution