Orders and decorations (Oldenburg)
The Duchy of Oldenburg did not have any orders of knights or decorations. Only after the restoration of the dukes in 1813 were medals donated. In 1838 the first and only order of merit, at the same time the house order of the dynasty, was donated in memory of the deceased Grand Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig.
- Civil Merit Medal (1814)
- War memorial for the campaign in 1815 (1816)
- House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig (1838)
- Service award cross in gold for 25 years of service of officers (1838–1867)
- Service award cross in silver for 25 years of service from sergeant downwards (1838–1867)
- Service awards for 18, 12 or 9 years of service (1847)
- Medal of Merit for Rescue from Danger (1848)
- Medal in memory of Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August (1853)
- Commemorative medal for the campaign in 1866 (1866)
- Commemorative medal 1870/71 (1871)
- Cross of Merit for Sacrifice and Duty in Time of War (1871)
- Medal for Services to Art (1878)
- Commemorative medal for the veterans 1848 and 1849 (1898)
- Warrior Association Cross of Merit (1902)
- Medal for Loyalty to Work (1904)
- Medal for merits in the fire service (1904)
- Red Cross Medal (1908)
- Gendarmerie Service Award for 18, 12 or 9 years of service (1913)
- Friedrich August Cross (1914)
- War Merit Medal 1916–1918
In November 1918, the last Oldenburg Grand Duke abdicated. The republic put an end to the medals and decorations for the time being. Only in 1927 was a new medal donated by the Free State of Oldenburg.
- Medal of Merit for Rescue from Danger (1927–1934)
- Medal for services to fire extinguishing (1928–1934)
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 Knights and Orders of Merit. Reprint of the edition from 1893. Reprint-Verlag, Leipzig 2000, ISBN 382620705X .
- Jörg Nimmergut : Catalog of orders and decorations 1800–1945. Munich 1977.
- Gustav Adolph Ackermann: Order book. Annaheim 1855.