Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare House Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Officer’s Cross with Swords on Ring, by Bernhard Knauer GTRexclude For other awards attributed to

For other awards attributed to Count Maurice Dietrichstein please see Item Numbers I168 & GSTP2801

constructed of a light wooden frame with a black textured faux leather exterior embossed with the outline of a War Merit Cross without Swords in silver

the obverse with white enameled arms outlined in red enamel

the regiment was among the battalions which took part in the failed assault of the Redan bastion

A handwritten note which reads:

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare House Order of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Officer’s Cross with Swords on Ring, by Bernhard Knauer GTRexclude For other awards attributed to(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