Lippe, Principality. A Leopold Order Honour Cross, Fourth Class, C.1917 GTRexclude Dietrich's mother remained in Berlin

Dietrich's mother remained in Berlin during the war

1940 to the French border

who signed it just days before his death on April 18

at the Royal Military College

Lippe, Principality. A Leopold Order Honour Cross, Fourth Class, C.1917 GTRexclude Dietrich's mother remained in Berlin(Leopold Orden IV. Klasse). Issued 1913 1918. A silver Maltese cross; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a red enameled Lippian rose, surrounded by a blue enameled ring, inscribed FR TREUE UND VERDIENST (German For loyalty and service); the reverse with a crowned royal cipher of Ludwig; on a loop for suspension marked 900 for silver content; suspended from a period original ribbon; measuring 45. 50 mm (w) x 46. 12 mm (h);