Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Auction It has recently been recovered

It has recently been recovered from an older collection in Europe

Measuring 87x137mm

a 1926 German Gymnastics Association badge

Footnote: Fred Binley was born in 1881 in Leicestershire County

Accompanied by his Commission Document (naming him as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Algonquin Regiment

Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Auction It has recently been recovered(Hanseatenkreuz). 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 and a central coat of arms of the city of Bremen, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 40. 13 mm (w) x 44. 03 mm (h), weighing 17. 9 grams, in extremely fine condition.