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Friedrich August

1914
Object PlaceOldenburg, Germany
Medium/TechniqueMetal; black metal attached to ribbon
DimensionsMedal: 35 x 29 mm (1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Ribbon: 56 x 73 mm (2 3/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund
Accession number29.254
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ClassificationsNumismatics
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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "FRIEDRICH AUGUST GROSSHERZOG VON OLDENBURG". Reverse: Inscribed at center "FUR/TREUE DIENSTE/IM/WELTKRIEGE".
ProvenanceBy 1929, Wolf Kostakowsky, Mattapan, MA; 1929, sold by Kostakowsky to the MFA for $518 [see note 1]. (Accession date: January 17, 1929)

NOTES:

[1] Five hundred numismatics, MFA accession numbers 29.159 through 29.658, were purchased from Mr. Kostakowsky for a total price of $518.