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Auction: 24003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 363

An outstanding mounted group of twelve awards attributed to Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, G.C.B., a Prussian General of Cavalry and Regent of Lippe from 1895-97

Germany, Schaumburg-Lippe, House Order Merit Cross; House Merit Medal; Long Service Decoration for 25 Years; Lifesaving Medal; Prussia, Long Service Decoration for 25 Years; Prussia, Lifesaving Medal, Type I (Star on top of obverse); Wilhelm Honour Medal; Wurttemberg, Lifesaving Medal; Schaumburg-Lippe, Silver Wedding Medal 1907; Reuss, Civil Honour Cross; Great Britain, Diamond Jubilee 1897, silver; 1881-1906 Wedding Medal, mounted continental-style as worn, good very fine (12)

Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe was born on 20 July 1859 at Bückeburg Palace. He was the seventh child and fourth son of Adolf, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont, a daughter of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

In 1890 Prince Adolf met Princess Viktoria of Prussia during a visit to Marie, Princess of Wied, mother of Queen Elisabeth of Romania. They were married on 19 November 1890 in Berlin. His wife was a daughter of Frederick III, German Emperor, and as such Adolf was a brother-in-law to the last German Emperor, Wilhelm II. The wedding was attended by the Emperor Wilhelm, along with his wife Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein and Victoria's mother, the widowed Empress Victoria. As a result of Victoria being a daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, a number of the British royal family attended, including Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.

Following the death of Prince Woldemar of Lippe on 20 March 1895 and the ascension of Woldemar's brother Alexander, Adolf was appointed to act as Regent of the Principality of Lippe due to Prince Alexander being unable to rule due to a mental illness. During the Great War he was Deputy General Commanding of the 8th Corps in Bonn and had acquired the Palais Schaumburg as his residence.

During his career he took Lifesaving Medals from his home state, Prussia and Wurttemberg, besides the following Orders of the First Class:

Lippe-Detmold: Cross of Honour of the House Order of Lippe.
Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order.
Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown.
Prussia: Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar.
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon.
Waldeck and Pyrmont: Order of Merit, 1st Class.
Wurttemberg: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1886.
Ottoman Empire: Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class.
United Kingdom: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (Civil Division).

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