Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare House Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Officer’s Cross with Swords on Ring, by Bernhard Knauer Republic of Each epaulette incorporating stiff frames

Each epaulette incorporating stiff frames

measuring 33 mm (w) x 10 mm (h)

within a blue enameled ring bearing a silvered inscription of of “VOM FELS ZUM MEER” (“FROM THE CLIFFS TO THE SEA”) and green laurel branches

A Heer Signals NCO’s collar tab

within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of “IN TREUE FEST” (“IN TRUE FAITH”) with oak leaf branches

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare House Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Officer’s Cross with Swords on Ring, by Bernhard Knauer Republic of Each epaulette incorporating stiff frames(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