Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A War Merit Medal 1916 Auction Archive 85 mm x 108 mm)

85 mm x 108 mm)

Phillips - Distinguished Flying Medal

receiving incoming fire on the last

Surface rust evident on the obverse of the buckle

3) A Red Cross 20-Year Long Service cross

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A War Merit Medal 1916 Auction Archive 85 mm x 108 mm)(Kriegsverdienstmedaille 1916). Instituted 21 November 1916 by Grand Duke Friedrich August. (1916 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich August, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM WELTKRIEGE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WORLD WAR), unmarked, measuring 28. 03 mm (w)