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Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross Ii Class, For Combatants Buy Now maker marked “RZM M1/156” for(Friedrich August Kreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 24 September 1914 by Grand Duke Friedrich August. (1914 1918 issue). An iron cross paty of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse centre bears the cipher FA the 12 oclock arm with a crown, and the 6 oclock arm with the date 1914, a wreath lays in the quadrants between the arms, the reverse is plain, with loop for suspension on a red ribbon with blue stripes, measuring 40. 20 mm (w) x 44. 89 mm (h), very