Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House And Merit Order, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Hold HJ Proficiency Pin - Silvered

HJ Proficiency Pin - Silvered bronze

First Class - Solid bronze

the name could be Klaiß or Kleiß

later becoming co-founder of the Baton Rouge State Times in 1916-1917

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House And Merit Order, Ii Class Knight, C.1914 Hold HJ Proficiency Pin - Silvered(Haus und Verdienstorden von Herzog Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Ritterkreuz II. Klasse). Instituted on November 27, 1838 by Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August. (Issued 1906 1918). A cross pattee with white enameled arms and crossed swords between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central blue enameled medallion depicting a silver crowned cipher of Peter Friedrich Ludwig, surrounded by a ring of red enamels, inscribed Ein Gott Ein Recht Eine Wahrheit