Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare House Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Officer’s Cross with Swords on Ring, by Bernhard Knauer GTRexclude Palestine 1936-39

Palestine 1936-39

the Second Battle of Ypres also in May 1915 and the Battle of Morval in September 1916 but returned to India in October 1917

the regiment was among the battalions which took part in the failed assault of the Redan bastion

measuring 10 x 13

constructed of a light wooden frame with a black textured faux leather exterior embossed with the outline of a War Merit Cross without Swords in silver

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare House Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Officer’s Cross with Swords on Ring, by Bernhard Knauer GTRexclude Palestine 1936-39(Oldenburger Haus und Verdienstorden Offizierskreuz mit Schwertern am Ring). Instituted 27 November 1838 by Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August. (1903 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with white enameled arms, overlaid by a central blue enameled medallion bearing a raised and gilded monogram of Grand Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, surrounded by a red enameled ring bearing a gilt