Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Buy Now was born in Germany in

was born in Germany in 1827 and entered the United States in June 1854 via New York

extensively scuffed exterior

Companions neck cross (CB) in silver gilt and enamels

He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery

seven are maker marked "W

Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Buy Now was born in Germany in(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