Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House & Merit Order Of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Grand Commander’s Star, C.1870 Hold Gilded and silvered on red

Gilded and silvered on red cloth

Pioniers-Bataillon

inscribed "Gesetz vom 20

the obverse bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a swastika

the hook backed by a downward-pointing sword

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House & Merit Order Of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Grand Commander’s Star, C.1870 Hold Gilded and silvered on red(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