Awards of Germany - Oldenburg Order of Home and Merit Breast Star to the Grand Cross or Grand Komtur

Grand Duke Paul Friedrich Augustus established the Order of the House and Merit on November 27, 1838. He should have remembered his father's 25-year return. The motto of the Order is "One God is one right, one truth." The order consisted of 4 classes for honorary cavaliers and 4 classes for captains: a large cross, a large comture, a comture and a small cross (from 1860 knightly crosses). Attached to the order is a common badge of honor in 3 classes: gold, silver and iron. The large crosses were divided into gold and silver crown crosses in 1841. Pectoral stars for large crosses and large comtours were the same in design. The level could be recognized by the method of wearing. The star of a large cross on the left and a large comture on the right. The size varies from 80 to 87 mm. Whether this is due to classes, manufacturers or rental time has not been proven. A total of 887 Big Crosses and Big Komturov were awarded. The manufacturers of breast stars were Karl Zell Hanover (1839), the jeweler Wolak in Frankfurt, Bernhard Dietrich in Altenburg and especially Knauer and Lameyer in Hanover. Knauer, among various successors, supplied until the end of World War I. The manufacturer's designation is usually on the back of the needle, e.g. LAMEYER, KNAUER also with crescent and crown. In 1856, for merits in the war, this award was expanded with 2 swords passing through the center. With a higher talent in peacetime, they were added to the ring. To the Common Badge of Honor 1. The class was awarded a gold crown. In 1883, the General Badge of Honor was renamed the Cross of Honor. In 1903, the Officers' Cross was established between Komtur and Knight's Cross 1. The class stands. Knight's Crosses 2nd Class were split in 1906. Knight's Crosses 2. Class without crown. The last expansion was the Laurel Fund for sword crosses in 1918. The number of awards of the Grand Cross with the Golden Crown is 277, and the Grand Commander - 610. The result is 887 thoracic stars. (Source: F. Beyreiss, Order of the House and portable honorary signs of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg 1813-1918)

Silver breast star with raised, large gold and enameled, round medallion. The stellar body consists of 8 main rays. Between the main beams, respectively, 6 intermediate beams are graduated in the center. The rays are framed by a corrugated border. The reverse is smooth and silver with a vertical pin with a mating hook. On the underside of the needle is the manufacturer's inscription.

Front side:

• A round middle medallion outside and inside with an enlarged curved silver border.
• Between the edges is a red, translucent enameled ring of font with a bandage.
• On it is the golden scripture: - ONE - GOD - ONE - RIGHT - ONE - TRUTH -.
• Closed field with blue enameled, translucent subsoil, star-shaped membranous.
• Hung a gold, decorated and embellished cipher - PFL - with a crown above it.

Downside:

• Smooth and silver. On the back of the manufacturer's needle
• - LAMEYER - crescent moon, crown and 800.