Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross, I Class Archive Footnote: The brass helmet plate

Footnote: The brass helmet plate used on this pickelhaube was the insignia of Grenadier Regiments 2 and 7 prior to 1897

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Those men that were deemed unsuitable for parachute duties were transferred to other units and were replaced by volunteers from other Scottish regiments

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Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross, I Class Archive Footnote: The brass helmet plate(Friedrich August Kreuz, I. Klasse). Instituted 24 September 1914 by Grand Duke Friedrich August. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with its arms joined through the quadrants by a circular laurel leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich August, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a royal crown, the reverse with a