Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross GTRexclude measuring 18 mm in diameter)

measuring 18 mm in diameter)

but typical WWI period French Bertrand manufacture

The photo was taken in Hanover

Constructed of blue woven rayon

Gold with red enamels

Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross GTRexclude measuring 18 mm in diameter)(Hanseatenkreuz). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with red enameled arms, with a red enameled centrepiece bearing a silvered coat of arms of the city of Bremen, the reverse with a central inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), measuring 40. 21 mm (w) x 44. 01 mm (h), weighing 19. 9 grams, in better than very fine