Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A War Merit Medal 1916 Auction Archive 3) A Red Cross 20-Year

3) A Red Cross 20-Year Long Service cross

in January 1917

that he had six weeks' previous service with the 86th Infantry Battalion

The year 1900 saw him shift his theatre of operations to the Boer War

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A War Merit Medal 1916 Auction Archive 3) A Red Cross 20-Year(Kriegsverdienstmedaille 1916). Instituted 21 November 1916 by Grand Duke Friedrich August. (1916 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich August, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM WELTKRIEGE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WORLD WAR), unmarked, measuring 28. 03 mm (w)