House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis information
House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis (Haus und Verdienstorden von Herzog Peter Friedrich Ludwig)
Breast Star to the Grand Cross of the Order
Type
Dynastic
Established
27 November 1838
Royal house
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Motto
Ein Gott, Ein Recht, Eine Wahrheit
Eligibility
Military personnel and civilians
Awarded for
Civil and military merit
Status
Obsolete
Founder
Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Classes
Grand Cross with Crown
Grand Cross
Grand Commander
Commander
Officer
Knight 1st Class
Knight 2nd Class
Statistics
Total inductees
5,439 to 5,445 of all grades (excluding the associated honor crosses and medals)
Ribbon of the Order
The House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis (German: Haus und Verdienstorden von Herzog Peter Friedrich Ludwig) or proper German Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis (German: Oldenburgischer Haus- und Verdienstorden des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig) was a civil and military order of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, a member state of the German Empire. The order was founded by Grand Duke Augustus of Oldenburg on 27 November 1838, to honor his father, Peter Frederick Louis of Oldenburg. It became obsolete in 1918 after the abdication of the last grand duke.
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