World Orders and Decorations 801
Germany, Bavaria, Military Merit Cross, 3rd type, Third Class, with crossed swords, silvered iron; Campaign Cross 1813 -14, bronze; Campaign Cross 1866, bronze; King Ludwig Cross 1916, blackened bronze (3), one mounted as worn from Continental-style riband bar; War Commemorative Cross 1914-1918, gilt and enamel; Military Long Service Medal, Third Class, for 9 years’ service, silver; Landwehr Reserve Long Service Cross, for 20 years’ service, silver; Landwehr Reserve Long Service Medal, bronze; Leopold Cross for State Service, for 40 years’ service, gilt; Decoration of the Bavarian State Association of the Red Cross, Second Class, gilt and enamel; Commemorative Service Cross, bronze; Old Comrades’ Long Service Cross, for 40 years, silvered and enamel, generally very fine and better (14)
£180-£220 802
Germany, Hanseatic States, A complete set of the three Hanseatic Crosses, 40mm, silver and enamel, with key central medallion for Bremen; tower central medallion for Hamburg; and double eagle central medallion for Lübeck, generally good very fine (3)
£100-£140
The Hanseatic Cross was a decoration of the three Hanseatic Cities of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck, who were member states of the German Empire during the Great War. Each city-state established its own version of the cross, but the design and award criteria were similar for each. It was jointly instituted by agreement of the senates of the three cities, with each senate ratifying the award on different days.
The Lübeck version was established first, on 21 August 1915; the Hamburg version on 10 September 1915; and the Bremen version on 14 September 1915. The cross was awarded for merit in war, and could be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel. When awarded for bravery or combat merit, it was the three cities’ equivalent of the Prussian Iron Cross.
The Bremen version was awarded approximately 20,000 times; Hamburg, the largest of the Hanseatic cities, awarded its version approximately 50,000 times; and Lübeck, the smallest of the Hanseatic cities, awarded its version approximately 10,000 times.
803 804
Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Order of the Griffin, Knight’s breast badge, 43mm, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine
£140-£180
Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Military Merit Cross, Second Class, 1914, bronze-gilt, on combatant’s riband; Friedrich Franz Cross, Second Class, gilt and enamel; Reserve Long Service Medal, Second Class, bronze, good very fine
Germany, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Bravery Cross, Second Class, 1914, silvered, on combatant’s riband; Long Service Cross, Officers’ Gold Cross for 25 Years’ service, bronze-gilt, silver plating partially rubbed on first, therefore nearly very fine (5)
£100-£140 805 806 807
Germany, Prussia, Hohenzollern House Order (3), copy Knight’s breast badge, with crossed swords, 57mm x 39mm, bronze-gilt and enamel; Inhaber’s Eagle breast badge, silver and enamel (2), good very fine (3)
£200-£240
Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown, 2nd type, Third Class breast badge, with crossed swords, 40mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, obverse central medallion re-affixed, very fine
£140-£180
Germany, Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, 4th type, Fourth Class breast badge, silver and enamel, unmarked; Order of the Crown, 2nd type, Fourth Class breast badge, bronze-gilt and enamel, unmarked; together with a copy Order of the Crown breast badge, gilt, good very fine (3)
£140-£180 808
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge (2), silver with iron centre, one with replacement ring suspension; Cross of Merit for War Aid, zinc; Military Long Service Cross (2), 1st type, for 25 years’ service, gilt; 2nd type, for 15 years’ service, bronze; Landwehr Reserve Long Service Cross, for 20 years’ service, silver and gilt; Military Long Service Medal (2), for 12 years’ service, gilt; for 9 years’ service, silvered; Red Cross Medal, Third Class (2), bronze; iron, latter on lady’s bow riband, generally very fine and better (10)
£140-£180 809
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unmarked; Wound Badge in black, good very fine
Germany, Third Reich, Luftwaffe Flak Badge, silver, the reverse marked ‘GB’, swastika removed, as usual post-War, otherwise very fine (3)
£50-£70 Sold together with a group photograph of various Bavarian soldier, housed in an attractive frame with Bavarian motto ‘In Treue Fest’. 810 811
Germany, Saxony, Order of Albert, 2nd type, Knight’s 2nd Class breast badge, with crossed swords, 45mm x 34mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked, enamel damage to one reverse arm, very fine
£70-£90
Germany, Saxony, War Commemorative Cross 1866, bronze-gilt; General Honour Cross 1876-1918, bronze-gilt; War Merit Cross 1915, bronze; Military Long Service Cross, 2nd type, for 25 years’ service, gilt; Military Long Service Medal, for 21 years’ service, gilt; Friedrich August Medal, bronze; Saxon Military Veterans League (S.M.V.B.) Long Service Cross, for 25 years’ service, silver and silver-gilt; Commemorative Medal for the Consecration of the War Memorial at Heldensohnen 1923, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Consecration of the War Memorial to the 26th Reserve Regiment 1926, bronze, generally good very fine
Germany, Saxon Duchies, Ernestine House Order, Merit Cross, silvered bronze, much of the silver worn away, therefore good fine
Germany, Saxe-Meiningen, Cross for Merit in War 1914-15, bronze, good very fine (11)
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