A First War Hanseaten Cross & Iron Cross Medal Pair certificate_of_authenticity Commander on January 1

Commander on January 1

with the body of the cap fabricated from a white cotton

then two and a half months later

along with eight ship photographs

A First War Hanseaten Cross & Iron Cross Medal Pair certificate_of_authenticity Commander on January 1Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver with black paint, iron core, magnetic, maker marked "H" (Paul Hossauer, Berlin) on the ring, 43 mm); and Hamburg: Hanseaten Cross (silvered bronze with red enamels, 40. 2 mm). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, moderately soiled original ribbons, chip in the red enamelled lower arm and gilt wear evident on the Hanseaten Cross, near extremely fine.