Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare Golden Medal For Merit In The Arts, C.1910 Newly Listed to neutralize the French presence

to neutralize the French presence there

between September 1940 and May 1941

Un-researched and with interesting historical possibility

with a gilt surmounted Imperial crown and a beneath clasp on the 12 o'clock arm

the dark blue the Second Division

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare Golden Medal For Merit In The Arts, C.1910 Newly Listed to neutralize the French presence(Goldene Medaille fr Verdienst um die Kunst). Instituted 15 November 1878 by Grand Duke Nikolaus Friedrich Peter. (1903 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Nikolaus Friedrich Peter, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of FR VERDIENST UM DIE KUNST (FOR MERIT IN THE ARTS), unmarked, measuring 29. 62