Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue
(Hanseatenkreuz Bremen). Instituted 1915. (1915-1918 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with multi-coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Pattée, the obverse with red enameled arms, with a red enameled centrepiece bearing a silvered Bremen coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of “FÜR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914” (“FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914”), unmarked, measuring 41.06 mm (w) x 45.58 mm (h), weighing 18.0 grams, in extremely fine condition.

