Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare Civil Merit Medal, Silver Grade, C.1814 Newly Listed Description: 2nd Class (bronze gilt

Description: 2nd Class (bronze gilt

both swastika and circle edged by twisted golden wire

This is the large version

Order of Leopold - Cross First Class

The front cover is inscribed with the owner's name "H H FORD" in pencil

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare Civil Merit Medal, Silver Grade, C.1814 Newly Listed Description: 2nd Class (bronze gilt(Zivilverdienstmedaille) Instituted 1813. A circular medal constructed of silver, the obverse centre bears the image of a castle turret with merlons, circumscribed by OLDENBURGS BRGER KRONE EIN GOTT EINE WAHRHEIT EIN RECHT (OLDENBURG'S CITIZENS CROWN A GOD A TRUTH A RIGht), the reverse bears the inscription DAS VATERLAND DEM SOHNE (THE FATHERLAND OF THE SON) encompassed by an oak leaf wreath with a ribbon tied at the top, measuring 37. 31 mm (w0 x 43.