Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross, with Case, to Otto Hartmann Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and went to the coast

and went to the coast with the Cobourg Heavy Battery when they were called at the outbreak of war

(pin missing)

For exceptional skill and valuable work in the taking of aeroplane photographs

with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides

Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross, with Case, to Otto Hartmann Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and went to the coast(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.