An Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross; 2Nd Class With Packet Auction Archive two are mounted to five-sided

two are mounted to five-sided aluminum suspensions with pinbacks

with old paper slip suggesting/attributing set to German Field-Marshal Lieutenant

especially during the battle of MESSINES

Footnote: William Thomas Jones was born on February 17

An Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross; 2Nd Class With Packet Auction Archive two are mounted to five-sided1 Clasp VOR DEM FEINDE. Blackened iron, 38. 7 mm, replacement ribbon, scattered blackening wear, extremely fine. Accompanied by its paper packet of issue, stamped with a crown over "F A" inside a circle on the front, maker marked "BERNH. KNAUER OLDENBURG I. G. R." on the back, crinkled, lightly soiled, packet fine. (C: 76)