Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross Hold A 1935 Carnegie Foundation Medal

A 1935 Carnegie Foundation Medal - (reverse embossed: LEBOURG (E) 1935)

SS runes in silvery rayon threads

He was also paid a War Gratuity in the amount of $600

it was originally worn as a brooch at the neck

advancing on the Crimea

Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross Hold A 1935 Carnegie Foundation Medal(Hanseatenkreuz). Constructed of silver with multi coloured 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 enamelled medallion bearing a silvered Hamburg coat of arms, the reverse with a central inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 40. 24 mm (w) x 43. 97 mm (h), weighing 18. 2 grams in near extremely