Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross, I Class Archive affixed to a bronze backer

affixed to a bronze backer with a period original ribbon and horizontal pinback

The shako measures 18 cm (w) x 27

before being invalided to England on May 11th aboard the Hospital Ship Oxfordshire

all wrapped in a U-shape chevron formation

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross, I Class Archive affixed to a bronze backer(Friedrich August Kreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 24 September 1914 by Grand Duke Friedrich August. (1914 1918). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with its arms joined through the quadrants by a circular laurel wreath, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich August, topped by a royal crown and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a