Germany, Imperial. A Lübeck Hanseatic Cross Newly Listed It is dated to Afrika

It is dated to Afrika on June 1

mounted onto a 47 mm long needle pin

Mounted to a suspension with pinback

026 other ranks and served in France and Belgium with the 11th Infantry Brigade

Germany, Imperial. A Lübeck Hanseatic Cross Newly Listed It is dated to Afrika(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