Hamburg. A Hanseatic Cross, C.1917 Newly Listed the Large Military Merit Medal

the Large Military Merit Medal with Swords ("Signum Laudis" (Austria-Hungary)

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54 General Hospital at Boulogne on the 26th

maker marked "ROBBINS CO ATTLEBORO

Hamburg. A Hanseatic Cross, C.1917 Newly Listed the Large Military Merit Medal1915 1918 issue. A Hanseatic Cross (Hanseatenkreuz); a silver cross with red enamels; the obverse depicting the Hamburg Coat of Arms; the reverse inscribed Fr Verdiesnt im Kriege 1914 (For Merit at War); unmarked; measuring 40. 09 mm (w) x 40. 00 mm (h); weighing 18. 9 grams; in overall near extremely fine condition. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and Decorations