Description
103rd Infantry National Guard
The blade is contained in a metal magnetic scabbard covered in a black coating
well marked Morat
marked L59 on reverse
It tells him that the appointment does not give him claims towards a full position and that nothing about his service has changed
Lübeck, Free City. A Hanseatic Cross Province of China 103rd Infantry National Guard(Hanseatenkreuz Lbeck). Constructed of silvered copper with multi coloured 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 gilt medallion bearing an enameled Lbeck coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), unmarked, measuring 39. 95 mm (w) x 43. 94 mm (h), weighing 19. 6 grams, in