Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Auction Black rayon with machine-woven gold-coloured

Black rayon with machine-woven gold-coloured celleon threading

demonstrating only minor signs of discolouration

1918 and ratified by the treaties of Saint Germain (Austria) and Trianon (Hungary) that concluded the First World War

with tan coloured buckram frames

1905 - An early 20th Century Canadian militia cap for the 7th Fusiliers

Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Auction Black rayon with machine-woven gold-coloured(Hanseatenkreuz Bremen). 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, overlaid by a central red enameled medallion bearing a silvered Bremen coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 39. 40 mm (w) x 42. 13 mm (h), weighing 17. 2 grams,