Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House & Merit Order Of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Grand Commander’s Star, C.1870 Newly Listed contact marks and surface wear

contact marks and surface wear on the face and chest of the figure on the reverse

The qualifying area is defined as 66° 32’ North Latitude and the qualifying period recognizes the particular severity of the conditions experienced by those who served in the Arctic

After his recovery

on a replacement loop

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House & Merit Order Of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Grand Commander’s Star, C.1870 Newly Listed contact marks and surface wear(Haus und Verdienst Orden des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Bruststern zum Grokomturkreuz mit der goldenen Krone). Instituted 27 November 1838 by Paul Friedrich August. (1838 1918 issue). Constructed of silvered with enamels, consisting of an eight pointed star with pebbled raise, the obverse with a central blue enameled medallion depicting a raised silver monogram of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, within silver ring, in turn circumscribed by a raised