Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Auction Klasse” and “Nur vom Bellehenen

Klasse” and “Nur vom Bellehenen zu öffnen” (“Only for the Recipient to open”)

The edges are trimmed with a white cotton twill held in place by two rows of machine-embroidered stitching

on a horizontally pieced ball and loop for suspension

marked with the logo of maker E

in pale silvery/gray cotton threads on a blue/gray wool base

Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Auction Klasse” and “Nur vom Bellehenen(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 Patte, 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 FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 41. 06 mm (w) x