Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross Ii Class, For Combatants certificate_of_authenticity large scaled cross overlay in

large scaled cross overlay in Gold affixed by Gold prongs

5mm(w) x 25mm(h)

the POW post card features a date stamp

Hipkiss signed his first Attestation Paper as a Private (53686) with the 18th Infantry Battalion "Western Ontario Regiment"

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross Ii Class, For Combatants certificate_of_authenticity large scaled cross overlay in(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