Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Hanseatic Crosses with Award Documents consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ” the cap measuring 247

” the cap measuring 247 mm (w) x 260 mm (l) x 153 mm (h)

“RZM 17”

the award shaped like an ornate shield

a Table of Contents and a List of Abbreviations

the arms are cross-hatched and separated at the centre by a diagonal crosshairs

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Hanseatic Crosses with Award Documents consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ” the cap measuring 247(Hanseatenkreuze mit Verleihungsurkunde). A pair of Hanseatic Crosses to a single recipient, including: 1 A Lbeck award, constructed of silvered copper with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with red enameled arms, bearing a central red enameled medallion overlaid by an enameled Lbeck coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), the three and nine oclock arms