Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with elongated suspension loop also

with elongated suspension loop also in a wattle pattern

the interior with white paper pages with Kozhedub’s handwritten notes

8 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

the reverse centre presents the inscription FÜR LANGJÄHRIGE TREUE DIENSTE (FOR MANY YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICES)

Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with elongated suspension loop also(Hanseatenkreuz Bremen). Instituted 1915. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of silvered copper with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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), unmarked, measuring 40. 29 mm (w) x