Oldenburg. A House And Merit Order Of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig In Gold, Commander, C.1890 Hold lid embossed with a “40”

lid embossed with a “40” inside an open-ended wreath of oak leaves

Forrest was promoted to First Lieutenant on February 4

maker marked in Chinese and numbered "192" on the reverse

was a Divisional Road Engineer with the Ministry of Transport when he was named a Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

the stitching holding the panels in place at the front behind the cockade having come away

Oldenburg. A House And Merit Order Of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig In Gold, Commander, C.1890 Hold lid embossed with a “40”1838 1918 Issue. (Haus und Verdiesnt Orden des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig Komturkreuz); A hollow gold cross pattee with white enameled arms; the obverse with a central blue enameled medallion depicting the crowned cipher of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, surrounded by a gold ring and a ring of red enamels, inscribed Ein Gott Ein Recht Eine Wahrheit (German One God, One Righteousness, One Truth); the reverse with white enameled arms inscribed with dates,