Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Buy Now (Freikorps Auszeichnungen)

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Footnote: The Crimea Medals issued to members of allied French forces were often issued with unofficial French bars: Traktir

situated on the uniform of an Officer wearing a visor cap

surrounded by a rectangular-shaped wreath of flowers and leaves on the outer edge

Although strong headwinds slowed the crossing

Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Buy Now (Freikorps Auszeichnungen)(Hanseatenkreuz Bremen). 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 a silvered Bremen coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), topped by an integral loop with dual rings retaining an original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 39. 63 mm (w) x 43. 65 mm (h),