Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross Ii Class, For Combatants certificate_of_authenticity paradoxically

paradoxically

the POW post card features a date stamp

large scaled cross overlay in Gold affixed by Gold prongs

light soiling and contact on the exterior

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross Ii Class, For Combatants certificate_of_authenticity paradoxically(Friedrich August Kreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 24 September 1914 by Grand Duke Friedrich August. (1914 1918 issue). An iron cross paty of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse centre bears the cipher FA the 12 oclock arm with a crown, and the 6 oclock arm with the date 1914, a wreath lays in the quadrants between the arms, the reverse is plain, with loop for suspension on a red ribbon with blue stripes, measuring 40. 20 mm (w) x 44. 89 mm (h), very