Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House And Merit Order Of Peter Friedrich Ludwig In Gold, Civil Division Grand Commander, C.1890 certificate_of_authenticity edge wear and light soiling)

edge wear and light soiling)

marked "STERLING" and engraved "CAPTAIN E

on original Front Service ribbon with a traditional Spanish-style horizontal hanger with pinback

also double marked with Dutch import/duty mark "vreemd" for used imported objects between 1906 and 1953

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House And Merit Order Of Peter Friedrich Ludwig In Gold, Civil Division Grand Commander, C.1890 certificate_of_authenticity edge wear and light soiling)(Haus und Verdienstorden von Herzog Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Grokomturkreuz in Gold). Instituted 27 November 1838 by Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August. (1838 1918 issue). A superb example of a Grand Commanders Cross of the House and Merit Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms set within a Gold frame, the obverse bearing a central blue enameled medallion