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War Merit Cross (Lippe)

military decoration of the Principality of Lippe for combatants and non-combatants (1914-1918)
CreativeWork cross Q833051

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
cross, military decoration, war merit cross[4][5]
Inception
December 8, 1914[6]
Country
German Empire, Principality of Lippe[2][3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.936°, 8.878°[7]
Conferred by
State of Lippe[8]
Coordinates
🗺️ 51.936°, 8.878°
Described by source
museum-digital, Orders and decorations of Lippe-Detmold website[10][11]
Different from
War Merit Cross, Military Merit Medal (Lippe)[13][14]
Donated by
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe[9]
Native label
Kriegsverdienstkreuz[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en War Merit Cross (Lippe) cs Válečný záslužný kříž de Kriegsverdienstkreuz (Lippe) de KVK Lippe es Cruz de Merito en Guerra es Cruz de Mérito en Guerra fr Croix du mérite de guerre ja 戦争功労十字章 (リッペ) ja 戦功十字章 (リッペ侯国) nl Kruis voor Oorlogsverdienste nl Kruis voor Oorlogsverdienste (Lippe) ru За военные заслуги ru крест «За военные заслуги» sv Lippes krigsförtjänstkors
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Drie kruisen voor Oorlogsverdienste Lippe 1914.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0t_cql1
🔗 Connections
Awarded to 4
Manfred von Richthofen, Leonhard Kaupisch, Hans Cramer, Hans Graf von Sponeck
Country 2
German Empire, Principality of Lippe
Conferred by 1
State of Lippe
Described by source 1
Orders and decorations of Lippe-Detmold website
Different from 1
War Merit Cross
Donated by 1
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Instance of 1
military decoration
← Different from 1
War Merit Cross
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Summary

War Merit Cross (Lippe) is a cross[1].

Body

Geography

Country listings include German Empire[2], a historical period[15], founded in 1871[16] and Principality of Lippe[3], a principality[17], in German Reich[18], founded in 1789[19].

Related Entities

German Empire Manfred von Richthofen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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