clasp retains over 90% of original finish
In silvered bronze and black enamels
Footnote: The Silver Star Medal is the United States Armed Forces' third-highest personal decoration for valor in combat
3 - The forging of the Big Four
eight bearing reverse makers’ marks and one unmarked
Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot of Awards and Decorations for Military Service Republic of clasp retains over 90% of(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards and decorations, including: 1. A Lippe Detmold War Merit Cross, constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central Lippe rose, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a monogram of Prince Leopold IV, the