Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Hold Hamburg Hanseatic Cross 1914

Hamburg Hanseatic Cross 1914

W & S” for “James Woods & Sons

A Reichspost EM/NCO’s visor cap

7 mm (w) x 24 mm (h))

Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Hold Hamburg Hanseatic Cross 1914(Hanseatenkreuz Bremen). 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, overlaid by a central red enameled medallion bearing a silvered Bremen coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 39. 40 mm (w) x 42. 13 mm (h), weighing 17. 2 grams,