Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross United Republic of Advance on Tripoli

Advance on Tripoli

A bronze grade DRL (National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise/Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) sports badge

Private First Class Truax's superb courage and devotion to duty reflect great credit to him and to men of the Armed Forces

having been previously awarded his MLSGC Medal from the Army in 1905

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich August Cross United Republic of Advance on Tripoli(Friedrich August Kreuz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich August, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, with a laurel wreath through the quadrants, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 52 mm (w) x 45. 12 mm (h), weighing 27. 1 grams, in very fine condition.