Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House and Merit Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, I Class Honour Cross Hold 1858" above and "GEST

1858" above and "GEST

Type Ii (1908-1944)

the reverse inscribed “Meinem Treuen Volke von Tirol” (My Loyal Peoples from Tirol) and dated “1866” within an open-ended laurel and oak leaf wreath

and on the reverse right talon with a Gold zolotnik mark of “56”

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House and Merit Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, I Class Honour Cross Hold 1858" above and "GEST(Oldenburger Haus und Verdienstorden Ehrenkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 27 November 1838 by Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August. (1838 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single parade mount with a horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN GOTT, EIN RECHT, EINE