Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue certificate_of_authenticity Stitched onto the peak of

Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia in the form of a black rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

however cloth backing (litze) has been lost

Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) Wilhelm Surwald

measuring 26 mm (w) x 38

(Wehrmacht Bandschnelle)

Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue certificate_of_authenticity Stitched onto the peak of(Hanseatenkreuz Bremen). 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 red enameled disc bearing a silvered Bremen coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914, unmarked, measuring 40. 51 mm (w) x 44. 55 mm (h), weighing 20. 1 grams, with minor flecking of enamels evident,