Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross, I Class certificate_of_authenticity maker marked “Arkanzas Gesch

maker marked “Arkanzas Gesch

CRAVANZOLA SUCCI FLLI BORANI ROMA

permitting Japanese gunboats to continue their support of the Mikado’s infantry in their drive westward

fine to extremely fine as a lot

measuring 72 mm (w) x 122 mm (h) x 22

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross, I Class certificate_of_authenticity maker marked “Arkanzas Gesch(Friedrich August Kreuz, I. Klasse). Instituted 24 September 1914 by Grand Duke Friedrich August. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with its arms joined through the quadrants by a circular laurel leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich August, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a royal crown, the reverse with a