Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Auction Archive Footnote: The Medal for Participation

Footnote: The Medal for Participation in Operation Flash was awarded to participants and some soldiers

and Breast Star: cross insignia in silver gilt with blue and white enamels

NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1935 (11797 SEP

This is a condition of middle ear and nerve deafness pre-existent but aggravated by active service

Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross Auction Archive Footnote: The Medal for Participation(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),