Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross, with Case, to Otto Hartmann Archive measuring 49 mm x 20

measuring 49 mm x 20 mm

We heard the ambush which killed him and half of his platoon

for "Conduct to the prejudice of good order

Carbert had been a favourite with both officers and men

The 226th Battalion (Men of the North)

Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross, with Case, to Otto Hartmann Archive measuring 49 mm x 20(Hanseatenkreuz Hamburg mit Etui). 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 Hamburg coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 40. 16 mm (w) x 44. 08 mm (h), weighing 19.