Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross for Heroic Deeds, c. 1935 Archive 1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion was

1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion was discharged from service

to those soldiers who distinguish themselves by acts of heroism involving combat with the enemy

each representing six months overseas service

Footnote: King Nicholas was the ruler of Montenegro from 1860-1918 (as a prince from 1860-1910

the obverse features the right-facing bust of Prince Karl Günther of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A War Honour Cross for Heroic Deeds, c. 1935 Archive 1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion was(Kriegsehrenkreuz fr heldenmtige Tat). Instituted 8 December 1914 by Prince Leopold IV. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a slightly vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central raised Lippe rose surrounded by a circular laurel leaf wreath, flanked by an inscription of FR HELDENMTIGE TAT (FOR HEROIC DEEDS), topped by a monogram of Prince Leopold IV, situated above a date of 1914, the reverse with a