Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Archive The picture is signed in

The picture is signed in black ink and shows Hauser in uniform in the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer

2 mm (w) x 81 mm (h) inclusive of its suspension

He does state that he had previous military experience with the 27th Battery

we worked our way past continuous grenade volleys

as opposed to the reversed triangle roundel on the pilot’s dagger

Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Archive The picture is signed in(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 Bremen, the reverse with a central inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), measuring 39. 72 mm (w) x 43. 86 mm (h), 19. 7 grams, in better than very fine condition.