Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Class, I Class, c. 1940 Auction at Hawarden and converting to

at Hawarden and converting to Spitfires

surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed BENEMERENTUM PRAEMIUM

after Japan's surrender in 1945 following the Second World War

along with twenty-seven of the unit's Privates

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Class, I Class, c. 1940 Auction at Hawarden and converting to(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 joined through the quadrants by a circular laurel leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich August, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the