Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Hanseatic Crosses United Republic of Letter from the General Officer

Letter from the General Officer Commanding

In 1788 King Gustav III created a wartime grade

SONDERKLASSE”

red and green zigzag stitching

17 mm x 19

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Hanseatic Crosses United Republic of Letter from the General Officer(Hanseatenkreuze). A pair of Hanseatic Crosses, including: 1. A Hamburg issue award, 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, overlaid by a central red enameled medallion bearing a silvered Hamburg coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring