Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross Medal Pair Auction Archive According to a contemporary newspaper

According to a contemporary newspaper article

Brent - (NX118934 J

cypher of Leopold I (LL RR I) on the reverse centre piece

the obverse with a winged man (Icarus) in flight

90 mm (w) x 42

Germany, Imperial. A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross Medal Pair Auction Archive According to a contemporary newspaper(Medaillenbar). A pair of medals, including an Iron Cross 1914, II Class, a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse with a central oak leaf branch consisting of three oak leaves, with the original institution date 1813 in raised