In order to preserve the purity of the decoration
It states that Hauptmann (Captain) Friedrich-Wilhelm Jordan on the Staff of the Generalkommando 30th Army Corps was awarded the medal with a Crimea Clasp in Silver
Footnote: Richard Bartylla was born on 5 October 1914 in Bolko
A Chinese Order of the Brilliant Star
Revised and Illustrated Edition" by Charles H
Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Hanseatic Crosses Archive In order to preserve the(Hanseatenkreuze). A pair of Hanseatic Crosses, including: 1. A Hamburg issue award, 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, overlaid by a central red enameled medallion bearing a silvered Hamburg coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring