Germany, Imperial A Pair Of First War Awards Auction This particular badge is fabricated

This particular badge is fabricated from silver bullion wire on a forest green wool base

with typical pin style by this maker

Tolson volunteered for submarine duty on September 7

he lost the support of the army

experiencing heavy casualties

Germany, Imperial A Pair Of First War Awards Auction This particular badge is fabricatedA 1915 1918 Issue Bremen Hanseatic Cross and 1897 Prussian Wilhelm Centennial Medal; A grouping of a 1915 1918 issue Bremen Hanseatic Cross (Hanseatenkreuz); a silvered bronze cross with red enameled arms; the obverse with a center medallion depicting a silvered Bremen coat of arms; the reverse inscribed in the centre with Fr Verdienst im Kriege 1914 (For Merit in War 1914); on loop for suspension; missing its second loop and ribbon; measuring 39. 66