Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross Medal Bar Auction Footnote: Richard Somerville Sikes was

Footnote: Richard Somerville Sikes was born on May 28

measuring 103 mm x 17 mm

7 mm enameled ribbon bar

with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center

signed in green ink by Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Countess Mountbatten on the inside front cover

Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross Medal Bar Auction Footnote: Richard Somerville Sikes was(Bandschnalle). A medal bar with two decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross, II Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse), a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W under an Imperial crown, and institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse centre with a branch of three oak leaves below the crowned initials FW, with the original