Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Auction of Baltimore

of Baltimore

LADANCHUK 15723 'H')

Order of Combatant Merit - Officer

Early Version (two-piece construction

Quebec on August 7th

Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Auction of Baltimore(Hanseatenkreuz Bremen). Instituted 1915. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with red enameled arms, bearing a central red enameled medallion overlaid by a silvered Bremen coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 40. 29 mm (w) x