Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross, with Case, to Otto Hartmann Archive by Martin Ashton

by Martin Ashton

""1914-1918"" clasp on its original First War service ribbon

The two sides of the tunic are secured together using four glossy bakelite buttons that are met by reinforced button-holes on the opposing flap

printed in four-colors inks on an off-white paper stock

traces of light soiling on the belt

Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross, with Case, to Otto Hartmann Archive by Martin Ashton(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.