Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig
The Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, also the House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, was the only house order and the highest distinction of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg .
history
The award was donated as an Order of Merit on November 27, 1838 by Grand Duke August von Oldenburg and was intended to commemorate the return of Prince Peter Friedrich Ludwig , who had been deposed by Napoleon, on November 27, 1813 . It could be awarded for special civil and military services.
Various additions have been introduced over time. In 1841 the grand crosses were divided into “golden grand crosses” and “simple” grand crosses, where the medal was made of silver. In 1856 the swords attached to the medallion of the medal of the order were donated for services in the war. If a medalist was later given a higher level without swords, the swords were attached to the carrying ring of the medal for war merit. In 1903 the officer's cross was donated. The Knight's Cross, 2nd class, could also be awarded with a crown from 1906. The last expansion was the Foundation of the Laurel for Crosses with Swords in 1918. As a special appreciation, the Grand Duke bestowed the award with a collar and also in diamonds.
The medals had to be returned in the event of death or when moving up to a higher class. The day of the order was January 17th, the birthday of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig.
The order expired with the end of the Grand Duchy in 1918.
Order classes
The Oldenburg House and Merit Order consisted of "capitulars" and "honorary members".
Capitulars
Capitulars were only allowed to become subjects of Oldenburg. Capitulars of a lower class could also be honorary members of higher religious classes. The capitulars were to consist of two grand crosses with prebends of 400 gold thalers , two grand committees of 300 gold thalers, four commons with 200 gold thalers and eight knights, of which the four oldest received 100 gold thalers each.
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Honorary members
Until the abolition of the monarchy, the order consisted of seven classes as well as an affiliated cross of merit and a medal of merit in three stages each.
- Grand Cross
- Grand Commander
- Commander
- officer
- Knight 1st class
- Knight II class with crown
- Knight II class
- Cross of Merit 1st Class
- Cross of Merit, 2nd class
- Cross of Merit III. class
- Gold medal of merit
- Merit medal in silver
- Bronze medal of merit
The princes of the grand ducal house were honorary members of the Golden Grand Cross and the Grand Duke was Grand Prior of the order. According to the statutes of the order, the number of honorary members, with the exception of the princes of the grand ducal house, was limited to four grand crosses, four grand committees, eight committees and 24 knights. However, appointments of honorary members on the basis of war merit were exempt from these provisions.
Medals
The medal consists of a gold, white enameled cross. At all levels of the order, with the exception of officer and knight of the second class, a crown was affixed over the medal. The medal of the first class knights had a gold edge, the medal of the second class knights had a silver edge. The obverse of the center shield bears the crowned, entwined cipher PFL (Peter Friedrich Ludwig) on a blue background , surrounded by a red and white bordered tire with the motto ONE GOD * ONE RIGHT * ONE TRUTH . The Oldenburg coat of arms is in the lapel .
On the back of the cross, on the arms of the cross, on the top of the cross was the date of January 17, 1785, the Duke's birthday and, on the right, the date of his assumption of office July 6, 1785 . On the left was the date May 21, 1829 , the date of death of the ruler and the foundation date November 27, 1838 at the bottom .
Known owner
literature
- Friedhelm Beyreiss: The house order and the portable decorations of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. Patzwall, Norderstedt 1997, ISBN 393153331X .
- Maximilian Gritzner : Handbook of the knight and merit orders. (Reprint of the edition from 1893), Reprint-Verlag, Leipzig 2000, ISBN 382620705X .
- Horst Edler von Hessenthal: The house and merit order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig von Oldenburg. In: German Soldier Yearbook 1988. Schild Verlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3880140901 .
Web links
- The capitular sign of the House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig. In: www.medalnet.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ H. Schulze: Chronicle of all known knight orders and decorations, which are awarded by sovereigns and governments, together with images of the decorations. Volume 1, Moeser and Kühn, Berlin 1853, p. 741.