Medal in memory of Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August
The medal in memory of Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August was donated in 1853 by Grand Duke Nikolaus Friedrich Peter von Oldenburg and could be awarded in gold or bronze to long-time servants of the deceased Grand Duke .
The medal was created jointly by the medalists Rudolph Kölbel and Johann Karl Fischer . On the front it shows the portrait of the deceased Grand Duke, with PAUL FRIEDR all around . AUGUST GRAND DUKE V OLDENBURG . The reverse bears the inscription THE GRATEFUL SON THE FAITHFUL SERVANT OF HIS BELOVED FATHER 1853 .
The gold medal was only awarded once. It bears the name of the loanee on the edge. There are also bronze medals without an inscription on the reverse.
The award was worn on a dark blue ribbon with two ponceau red stripes on the left side of the chest.
literature
- Friedhelm Beyreiß: The house order and the portable decorations of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg 1813-1918 Militair-Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 1997, ISBN 3-931533-31-X
Individual evidence
- ↑ top v .: Künker auction 253 - medals and decorations / 10th order auction of the house / including the Friedrich Beyreiß collection: Oldenburg, as well as important collections from Italy, Russia, Scandinavia , illustrated and explanatory catalog for auction 253 of the Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH auction house & Co. KG in Oldenburg on October 4, 2014 in Osnabrück; Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker, 2014, p. 85 and others; Preview over google books