Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Auction illustrating the City of Sofia

illustrating the City of Sofia coat-of-arms

of Baltimore

LADANCHUK 15723 'H')

35 mm (h) inclusive of suspension

Early Version (two-piece construction

Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Auction illustrating the City of Sofia(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