Germany – Imperial States: Lubeck: Hanseatic Cross 1914-1918 with original ribbon.
Condition: large crack and chip to the enamel above the centre on the 12 o’clock arm, otherwise some minor surfacr scratching, Very Fine
The three ancient Hanseatic Cities – Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck – jointly decided to issue a cross of similar design in World War I for bravery and merit in war, differing only in the arms on the central medallion of the face, that for Lubeck being instituted on 21 August 1915. Lubeck was much the smallest of the three Hanse cities and its cross is thus the rarest, with between 8-10,000 awards having been made. The Cross was suppressed at the end of 1918.
