Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross Hold a fine quality fighting knife

a fine quality fighting knife in very fine condition

and was later conscripted in 1944 to move from the SA into the Wehrmacht service to fight in the war

together with small Para collar pin

with raised and padded protective bars running from the front to the back on the crown along the sides and on the top of the helmet

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross Hold a fine quality fighting knife(Friedrich August Kreuz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich August, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, with a laurel wreath through the quadrants, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 52 mm (w) x 45. 12 mm (h), weighing 27. 1 grams, in very fine condition.