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Friedrich August
German (Oldenburg)
1914
Object Place: Oldenburg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Metal; black metal attached to ribbon
Dimensions
Medal: 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.)
Ribbon: 56 x 73 mm (2 3/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number29.254
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionOval shaped medal of Friedrich August (born 1852), grossherzog von Oldenburg attached to red and blue ribbon with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number 29.253.
Obverse: Profile bust of Friedrich August Grossherzog looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "FRIEDRICH AUGUST GROSSHERZOG VON OLDENBURG".
Reverse: Inscribed at center "FUR/TREUE DIENSTE/IM/WELTKRIEGE".
Obverse: Profile bust of Friedrich August Grossherzog looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "FRIEDRICH AUGUST GROSSHERZOG VON OLDENBURG".
Reverse: Inscribed at center "FUR/TREUE DIENSTE/IM/WELTKRIEGE".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "FRIEDRICH AUGUST GROSSHERZOG VON OLDENBURG".
Reverse: Inscribed at center "FUR/TREUE DIENSTE/IM/WELTKRIEGE".
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.
NOTES:
[1] Five hundred numismatics, MFA accession numbers 29.159 through 29.658, were purchased from Mr. Kostakowsky for a total price of $518.