Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross, I Class, C.1915 GTRexclude 08 mm (w) x 31

08 mm (w) x 31

raised platform with a recessed purple velvet medal bed

measuring 69 mm (w) x 71 mm (h))

suspended from a purple bow-tied ribbon with pinback)

the reverse centre bears a black enamel medallion with a gilt crowned Bavarian lion within a white enamel ring in the form of a buckled belt with the date “1866” in gilt

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross, I Class, C.1915 GTRexclude 08 mm (w) x 31(Friedrich August Kreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 24 September 1914 by Grand Duke Friedrich August. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with pebbled arms and a laurel wreath joining the quadrants, with a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich August, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a royal crown, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and