Germany, Imperial. A Lübeck Hanseatic Cross Auction Archive maker marked "SPINK

maker marked "SPINK

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Orders and Decorations of All Nations: Ancient and Modern Civil and Military 2nd Edition (Washington: Quaker Press

while the reverse shows a pair of deer running through a forested setting

Starting from the Nazis’ rise to power in 1933

Germany, Imperial. A Lübeck Hanseatic Cross Auction Archive maker marked "SPINK(Hanseatenkreuz Lbeck). 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 gilded enameled medallion overlaid by a Lbeck coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 40. 22 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h), weighing 18. 9 grams,