Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross 1914 Patriotic Table Medal Newly Listed Hanseatic Free Cities - War

Hanseatic Free Cities - War Commemorative Medal of the Hanseatic Legion

semi hollow version

measuring 28 mm x 255 mm when closed and 255 mm x 430 mm when fully extended

Footnote: General Field Marschall Erich von Manstein (1887-1973) was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

32 mm (h) and weighing 25

Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross 1914 Patriotic Table Medal Newly Listed Hanseatic Free Cities - WarAn iron cross paty constructed of iron with a magnetic core, the obverse is blackened with a raised border, and a centrally located W (for Wilhelm), the 12 oclock arm bears a crowned FW cipher (for Freidrich Wilhelm) and an oak leaf, the 9 oclock arm bears the date 1813, the 3 oclock arm bears the date 1870 and the 6 oclock arm bears the date 1914, the reverse is centrally engraved with Ges. gesch. 1914. 2. and the 6 oclock arm is engraved with K &