Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House & Merit Order Of Peter Frederick Louis, Grand Cross, By Knauer, C.1910 Auction Archive The underside of the collar

The underside of the collar is lined in wool cloth and has been reinforced by the use of stitching in a zig zag pattern

residue in the recessed areas on the Cross

crazing and chipping evident in the white enamelled stars and rays on both sides

a 52 mm (w) x 32 mm (h) MVD Eagle (Internal Affairs) & Spetsnaz Badge in gilt aluminum with red enamels pinned in place on the left side

a cenotaph was erected in his honor in Prospect Hill Cemetery in his town of residence

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House & Merit Order Of Peter Frederick Louis, Grand Cross, By Knauer, C.1910 Auction Archive The underside of the collar(Haus und Verdienstorden von Herzog Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Grokreuz mit der Silber Krone und Bruststern). Instituted on 27 November 1838 by Paul Friedrich August von Oldenburg. (1841 1918 Issue). A silver, straight armed cross patte with white enamelled arms, centre obverse presents the silvered crowned monogram PFL (Peter Friedrich Ludwig) over a blue enamelled field, bordered by a ring of red enamel bearing the inscription EIN GOTT EIN RECHT EINE