Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Auction Footnote: Fred Binley was born

Footnote: Fred Binley was born in 1881 in Leicestershire County

and additional horizontal folding creases

which included operations in the Orange River Colony including actions at Wittebergen

It has recently been recovered from an older collection in Europe

with an entry visa for the United Kingdom issued at the British embassy in Berlin on 7 August 1939

Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Auction Footnote: Fred Binley was born(Hanseatenkreuz). 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 coat of arms of the city of Bremen, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 40. 13 mm (w) x 44. 03 mm (h), weighing 17. 9 grams, in extremely fine condition.