Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House & Merit Order Of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, I Class Honour Cross With Crown, C. 1900 Auction With a German greeting

With a German greeting

Six weeks after the beginning of the Korean War on June 25

and a Wehrmacht 4-Year Long Service medal ribbon

constructed of green wool with an additional layer of grey wool

Poor handwriting can be attributed in part to the loss of his left arm in an accident with a firearm while hunting with Franz Ritter von Epp on September 4

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House & Merit Order Of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, I Class Honour Cross With Crown, C. 1900 Auction With a German greeting(Haus und Verdienst Orden des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Ehrenkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted November 27, 1863 by Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August 1838 1918 Issue. A silver gilt cross pattee, obverse presents a crowned F cypher surrounded by the inscription EIN GOTT EIN RECHT EINE WAHRHEIT (One God, One Law, One Truth), the reverse presents the Oldenburg Coat of Arms inside a crowned curtain, the badge is surmounted by a royal crown suspension,