Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Silver Merit Cross, C. 1918 United Republic of 66" at the left and

66" at the left and "Magdeburg" at the right (66th Magdeburg Infantry Regiment) inside an elongated hexagon frame composed of oak leaves

with German documents (2) listing the Spanish awards

on original ribbons with ribbon bar

but these crosses were solely produced by “Eduard Foehr Königlicher Hofjuwilier

marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M1/34" (Karl Wurster

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Princely House Order, Silver Merit Cross, C. 1918 United Republic of 66" at the left and(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Paul Friedrich Emil Leopold of Lippe Detmold and Prince Adolf Georg of Schaumburg Lippe. (1869 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with each arm completing in ball finials, the obverse bearing a central raised and crowned monogram of Prince Adolf Georg on a pebbled background, circumscribed by an institution