Germany Oldenburg WW1 Medal FA2 Friedrich August Cross 1914 1918 Decoration Award

The Friedrich-August Cross was a German decoration of the First World War. It was set up on 24 September 1914 by Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, with two classes, for “all persons of military or civilian status, who have shown outstanding service during the war itself”.

The Friedrich-August-Kreuz is an iron cross pattée with a laurel wreath between the arms. The obverse of the cross bears a circular central medallion with the initials FA. The crown of Oldenburg appears on the upper arm of the cross, with the lower arm bearing the date 1914. The reverse is plain.

Recipients
First Class
Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)
Conrad Albrecht
Joachim von Amsberg (general)
Hermann Bauer
Paul Behncke
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Johannes Blaskowitz
Werner von Blomberg
Friedrich Boedicker
Walter Böning
Walter Braemer
Karl-Heinrich Brenner
Eduard von Capelle
Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
Archduke Eugen of Austria
Alexander von Falkenhausen
Kurt Fricke
Hermann Geyer
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
Hermann von Hanneken (soldier)
Heino von Heimburg
Wilhelm Heye
Paul von Hindenburg
Franz von Hipper
Henning von Holtzendorff
Gerhard Kauffmann
Wilhelm Keitel
Werner Kempf
Gustav Kieseritzky
Philipp Kleffel
Gustav Leffers
Felix von Luckner
Günther Lütjens
Georg Alexander von Müller
Karl August Nerger
Erich Raeder
Ludwig von Reuter
Ehrhard Schmidt
Hubert Schmundt
Otto Schniewind
Otto Schultze
Hans von Seeckt
Otto von Stülpnagel
Karl Topp
Adolf von Trotha
Walter Warzecha
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
Karl Witzell
Eberhard Wolfram