Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Hanseatic Crosses with Award Documents Auction Silver Cross of Merit (two-piece

Silver Cross of Merit (two-piece construction

in silvered tombac and red and white enamels

Army Reserve" (November 15

Albert I (1849-1922)

obverse bearing two crossed swords surrounded by a wreath with a five-point red star at the bottom

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Hanseatic Crosses with Award Documents Auction Silver Cross of Merit (two-piece(Hanseatenkreuze mit Verleihungsurkunde). A pair of Hanseatic Crosses to a single recipient, including: 1 A Lbeck award, constructed of silvered copper with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with red enameled arms, bearing a central red enameled medallion overlaid by an enameled Lbeck coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), the three and nine oclock arms