Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse centre presents the

the reverse centre presents the inscription FÜR LANGJÄHRIGE TREUE DIENSTE (FOR MANY YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICES)

a card with three commemorative stamps from the 1939 International Car and Motorcycle Show in Berlin

Lou Evelyn Austin

the interior with white paper pages with Kozhedub’s handwritten notes

brass receiving clip with dual prongs on the reverse at the other end

Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse centre presents the(Hanseatenkreuz Bremen). Instituted 1915. (1915 1918 issue). 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 red enameled medallion overlaid by a silvered Bremen coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 40. 29 mm (w) x