Germany, Imperial. A Lübeck Hanseatic Cross Newly Listed There is stronger evidence that

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5mm x 65mm

Mounted to a suspension with pinback

or 2 ½ inches)

Germany, Imperial. A Lübeck Hanseatic Cross Newly Listed There is stronger evidence that(Hanseatenkreuz). Constructed of silvered bronze with 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 coat of arms of the city of Lbeck, the reverse with a central inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), measuring 40. 28 mm (w) x 43. 95 mm (h), weighing 20. 1 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in