Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross Ii Class, For Combatants Auction Archive (Deutsche Arbeitsfront Kreistag)

(Deutsche Arbeitsfront Kreistag)

obverse illustrating the radiant cross of St Stephen upon a crown and three hills from the Hungarian coat of arms within a ring inscribed "DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI" (Latin from the Roman poet Horace - It is Sweet and Fitting to Die for One's Country)

1772 by King Gustav III

he embarked Germany on November 28

on Army cloth

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross Ii Class, For Combatants Auction Archive (Deutsche Arbeitsfront Kreistag)(Friedrich August Kreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 24 September 1914 by Grand Duke Friedrich August. (1914 1918 issue). An iron cross paty of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse centre bears the cipher FA the 12 oclock arm with a crown, and the 6 oclock arm with the date 1914, a wreath lays in the quadrants between the arms, the reverse is plain, with loop for suspension on a red ribbon with blue stripes, measuring 40. 20 mm (w) x 44. 89 mm (h), very