Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross Republic of eleven months and twenty days'

eleven months and twenty days' service)

5 mm (h) ribbon bar with silver star clasp

Since November 1943

metal frame with pinback

The oak leaves exhibit outstanding detail and workmanship

Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross Republic of eleven months and twenty days'(Hanseatenkreuz Hamburg). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured 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 disc overlaid by a silvered Hamburg coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 40. 26 mm (w) x 44. 00 mm (h), weighing