Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Hold a kneeling woman to her

a kneeling woman to her left holdin a lyre aloft

with a strip in the centre incorporating a checkered pattern flanked by strips on either side with repeating angled hooks

which celebrated the courage and martyrdom of outnumbered and outgunned Partisans and civilians

envelope fabricated from an off-white paper stock

with 90% of bronze finish remaining

Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Hold a kneeling woman to her(Hanseatenkreuz Bremen). Instituted 1915. (1915 1918 issue). 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, 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), unmarked, measuring 40. 29 mm (w) x