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

enamel loss and chipping on the arms and centrepiece rings on both sides

light scuffing on the bottom

England on December 12th

Condition ranging from fine to extremely fine

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.