Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Newly Listed with a blue enameled field

with a blue enameled field depicting three vertically oriented white enameled gulls

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A matching set of Wehrmacht Artillery Officer’s collar tabs

War Medal 1939-1945

Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Newly Listed with a blue enameled field(Hanseatenkreuz Bremen). 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 a silvered Bremen coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), topped by an integral loop with dual rings retaining an original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 39. 63 mm (w) x 43. 65 mm (h),