Schaumburg-Lippe and Saxe-Meningen. A Faithful Service Cross and Women’s Merit Cross, c.1915 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac slightly undulated

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Schaumburg-Lippe and Saxe-Meningen. A Faithful Service Cross and Women’s Merit Cross, c.1915 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac slightly undulatedSchaumburg Lippe, Principality. A Faithful Service Cross of 1914, (Kreuz fr Treue Dienste 1914). Instituted 18 November 1914 by Prince Adolph. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Prince Adolph, the arms bearing an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE 1914 (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE 1914), reverse plain, unmarked, measuring 35. 78 mm (w) x 40. 66 mm (h),