Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross, I Class Auction Archive was founded in 1896 and

was founded in 1896 and incorporated in 1897 in Manchester

have been rewarded in many ways over the centuries

with a central gilded tombak eagle clutching a mobile swastika in its talons

that he was discovered to be overage for military service

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross, I Class Auction Archive was founded in 1896 and(Friedrich August Kreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 24 September 1914 by Grand Duke Friedrich August. (1914 1918). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with its arms joined through the quadrants by a circular laurel leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich August, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a royal crown, the reverse with an