Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross Auction Archive Falange Old Guard Decoration –

Falange Old Guard Decoration – in gilded bronze and enameled

scattered gilt wear on the reverse and on the ring

The picture shows him with Knight’s Cross with Swords recipient General Field Marshal Erich von Manstein (1887–1973) during the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket

A Belgian Civil Decoration

two -piece construction buckle

Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross Auction Archive Falange Old Guard Decoration –(Hanseatenkreuz Hamburg). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with red enameled arms, with a central red enameled medallion bearing a silvered coat of arms of Hamburg, the reverse with an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM KRIEGE 1914, unmarked, measuring 40. 16 mm (w) x 43. 99 mm (h), weighing 18. 6 grams, in better than very fine condition.