Lippe-Schaumberg, Principality. A Long Service Decoration, C.1851 Auction indicating that examples such as

indicating that examples such as that above were of early manufacture

England on December 12th

original signature of "Bill Reid V

1st Lieutenant (July 1

The document is dated to May 8

Lippe-Schaumberg, Principality. A Long Service Decoration, C.1851 Auction indicating that examples such as(Dienstauszeichnungen). Instituted 11 June 1851 by Prince Paul Friedrich Emile Leopold III. A gilded iron clasp for ten years (N. C. O. and men), P F E L cipher inscribed on obverse for Paul Friedrich Emile Leopold, reverse bears a horizontal pinback, stitched on red ribbon with two yellow stripes, measuring 45. 17 mm (w) x 14. 08 mm (h), very fine.