Hamburg, Free City. A Hanseatic Cross GTRexclude with 35cm of original ribbon

with 35cm of original ribbon

While posted at Sea Island

For several years

the frames linked together by an aluminum nose bridge with a dual screw fit adjustment

Footnote: Joseph Marcel Bourgouin was born November 10th 1915 at Montreal

Hamburg, Free City. A Hanseatic Cross GTRexclude with 35cm of original ribbonAn example of a Hanseatic Cross of the Free City of Hamburg; a Maltese cross of silvered bronze with red enameled arms; the obverse depicting an outline of the Hamburg castle; the reverse plain, inscribed Fr Verdienst im Kriege, 1914 in Gothic lettering; on a double loop suspension from its correct replacement ribbon; measuring 40. 05 mm (w) x 40. 00 mm (h); weighing 18. 9 grams; light contact marks from age, but in overall near extremely fine