Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House & Merit Order Of Peter Frederick Louis In Gold, Commander’s Cross, C.1900 United Republic of 83 mm x 103

83 mm x 103

For more than 30 years this little-known military force maintained order in the Philippine Islands

Issued 1893

The inside is hollow

measuring 17 mm (w) x 20

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House & Merit Order Of Peter Frederick Louis In Gold, Commander’s Cross, C.1900 United Republic of 83 mm x 103(Haus und Verdienstorden von Herzog Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Ritterkreuz). Instituted 27 November 1838 by Grand Duke Augustus. (1838 1918 issue). In Gold consisting of a Cross Patte with a Gold frame and white enameled arms, the obverse centre with a blue enameled medallion bearing a central monogram of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, surrounded by a Gold ring, in turn within a ring of red enamel with gilt order motto of EIN GOTT, EIN RECHT, EINE WAHRHEIT (ONE