Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross United Republic of An example of an SA

An example of an SA membership identity card

Marchment was employed as an engineer and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant

on a dark blue cloth

padded and maker marked "Arthus Bertrand & Cis / 40

the fighting having ended by July 1898

Germany, Imperial. A Bremen Hanseatic Cross United Republic of An example of an SA(Hanseatenkreuz Bremen). Constructed of silvered copper with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with red enameled arms, bearing a central red enameled medallion overlaid by a silvered Bremen coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 (FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914), topped by an integral loop with dual rings retaining an original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 39. 63 mm (w) x 43. 65 mm (h),