Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House and Merit Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Officer’s Cross certificate_of_authenticity After the war he was

After the war he was taken over into the Reichswehr

in its protective cardboard container

measuring 57 mm (w) x 74 mm (l)

with evidence of re-attachment of the latter

containing 54 pages printed in brown and black inks on an off-white paper stock

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House and Merit Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Officer’s Cross certificate_of_authenticity After the war he was(Oldenburger Haus und Verdienstorden Offizierskreuz). Instituted 27 November 1838 by Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August. (1903 1920 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, situated within a red enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of EIN