Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross, with Case, to Otto Hartmann Auction Archive Navy Admiral Almirante Tamandaré Merit

Navy Admiral Almirante Tamandaré Merit Medal (Medalha de Mérito Almirante Almirante Tamandaré da Marinha)

A 1938 “Frankentag” in Hesselberg badge

Reed attended Signal School at Fort Myer

12 February 1918

This may well be one of the U-Boats that Schmidt served on

Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross, with Case, to Otto Hartmann Auction Archive Navy Admiral Almirante Tamandaré Merit(Hanseatenkreuz Hamburg mit Etui). 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, bearing a central red enameled medallion overlaid by a silvered Hamburg coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 40. 16 mm (w) x 44. 08 mm (h), weighing 19.