Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross, I Class Auction 540th Military Police Battalion (bronze

540th Military Police Battalion (bronze gilt with green

two Overseas Service Bars (both in fine silvered bullion wire with a beaded silver wire border

representative of forestry)

the reverse presents the date 1866 encircled by a wreath of oak leaf branches

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross, I Class Auction 540th Military Police Battalion (bronze(Friedrich August Kreuz, I. Klasse). Instituted 24 September 1914 by Grand Duke Friedrich August. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with its arms joined through the quadrants by a circular laurel leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich August, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a royal crown, the reverse with a