Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare House Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Officer’s Cross with Swords on Ring, by Bernhard Knauer Republic of A Heer Signals NCO’s collar

A Heer Signals NCO’s collar tab

"A fine example of a 1914-1918 issue Albrecht Order Commander’s Cross Breast Star with Swords (Albrechtsorden Burststern zum Komturkreuz mit Schwertern)

Each epaulette incorporating stiff frames

demonstrating quality of construction reflective of Germany’s deteriorating access to resources owing to wartime conditions

and is largely confined to deterioration of the leather features

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare House Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Officer’s Cross with Swords on Ring, by Bernhard Knauer Republic of A Heer Signals NCO’s collar(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