Germany, Imperial. A Lübeck Hanseatic Cross Auction while flying over enemy lines

while flying over enemy lines

with an oak leaf border and pair of acorns at the base

He was later tried and convicted of Drunkenness while on Active Service with Traffic Control and sentenced to 28 days Field Punishment No

(Verdienstkreuz am Kriegsband)

Both dates fall into the general Battle of Kursk period

Germany, Imperial. A Lübeck Hanseatic Cross Auction while flying over enemy lines(Hanseatenkreuz). 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 red enameled centrepiece bearing a silvered coat of arms of the city of Lbeck, the reverse with a central inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), measuring 40. 28 mm (w) x 43. 95 mm (h), weighing 20. 1 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in