Decorations
Friedrich-August Cross (Oldenburg)
Friedrich August Kreuz
| The Friedrich August Cross was was established on September 24, 1914 by Grand Duke Friedrich-August as the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg’s equivalent of the Iron Cross. Like the Iron Cross, it came in two classes: a pinback 1st Class and a 2nd Class worn from a ribbon. The 1st Class (Steckkreuz) was only awarded to recipients of the 2nd Class. Non-combatant awards were possible and were made with a different (reversed color) ribbon. The best figures available indicate that approximately 6,900 awards were made of the 1st Class between 1914-1919 (with 1,734 of them being awarded between 24 September 1914 and 31 December 1916) and 62,800 of the 2nd Class. As the long list of recipients below demonstrates, the Friedrich August Kreuz was awarded with some frequency to German naval officers who weren’t from the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. |
| Commander | Date | Command | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kptlt. | Abendroth, Karl-Friedrich von | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
 | Kptlt. | Beitzen, Curt | 1917 | U 75 | |
| Oblt. | Berlin, Ernst | 2 Jan 1917 | |||
| Kptlt. | Beyersdorff, Hans | 1918 or later | U 111 | ||
| Kptlt. | Born, Joachim | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Oblt. | Branscheid, Albert | 2 Jan 1917 | |||
| Kptlt. | Creutzfeldt, Walter | 2 Jan 1917 | |||
| Oblt. | Dobberstein, Karl | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Kptlt. | Feldkirchner, Johannes | 3 Jan 1917 | UC 25 | |
| Kptlt. | Fischel, Hermann von | 1918 or later | |||
| Kptlt. | Forstner, Georg-Günther von | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Oblt. | Glimpf, Hermann | 3 Jan 1916 | |||
| Kptlt. | Götting, Friedrich | 1918 or later | UB 93 | ||
| Kptlt. | Haecker, Erich | 1918 or later | |||
| Oblt. | Haumann, Waldemar | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Oblt. | Heimburg, Heino von | 3 Jan 1917 | UC 22 | |
| Oblt. | Hertwig, Wolf Hans | ||||
| Kptlt. | Hillebrand, Leo | 3 Jan 1917 | U 46 | ||
| KrvKpt. | Jürst, Hellmuth | 3 Jan 1917 | U 43 | ||
| Oblt. | Krameyer, Alfred | 2 Jan 1917 | |||
| Oblt. | Loch, Kurt | 2 Jan 1917 | |||
| Oblt. | Lühe, Vicco von der | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Ltn. | Maurer, Franz | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Kptlt. | Metger, Hermann | 1 Jan 1917 | |||
| Kptlt. | Metzger, Heinrich | 3 Jan 1917 | U 47 | |
| Kptlt. | Middendorff, Heinrich | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Oblt. | Mohrbutter, Ulrich | 3 Jan 1916 | UC 5 | ||
| Kptlt. | Moraht, Robert | 3 Jan 1917 | U 64 | |
| Kptlt. | Nieland, Hans | 3 Jan 1917 | U 67 | ||
| Oblt. | Niemer, Hans Ewald | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Kptlt. | Pauli, Edmund | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Oblt. | Petri, Woldemar | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Kptlt. | Plange, Wilhelm | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Kptlt. | Rave, Ortwin | 3 Jan 1917 | ||
| Kptlt. | Recke, Philipp | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Oblt. | Reiche, Fritz | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Oblt. | Rhein, Wilhelm | 3 Jan 1917 | ||
| Oblt. | Scheffler, Walter | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Kptlt. | Schultze, Otto | 1 Jan 1917 | U 63 | |
| Kptlt. | Stoß, Alfred | 1 Jul 1915 | |||
| Ltn. (R) | Stüben, Willy | 2 Jan 1917 | |||
| Kptlt. | Suadicani, Günther | 1918 or later | |||
| Kptlt. | Ulrich, Friedrich | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Oblt. | Valentiner, Hans | 3 Jan 1916 | UB 16 | ||
| Kptlt. | Walther, Hans | 1918 or later | ||
| Oblt. | Warzecha, Walter | 3 Jan 1917 | ||
| Kptlt. | Weddigen, Otto | 22 Nov 1914 | U 9 | |
| Kptlt. | Weisbach, Raimund | 3 Jan 1917 | U 81 | |
| Oblt. | Wendlandt, Hans Hermann | 3 Jan 1917 | ||
| Oblt. | Wiesenbach, Erich | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Ltn. (R) | Wischhausen, Bernhard | 3 Jan 1917 | |||
| Kptlt. | Wünsche, Otto | 3 Jan 1917 | U 70 | |
| Oblt. | Ziemer, Heinz | 3 Jan 1917 | UB 23 | ||
53 officers decorated with Friedrich-August Cross (Oldenburg) (Friedrich August Kreuz) located.
Note: This listing is still being compiled and some recipients might be missing.