Hanseatic Cross

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Hanseatic Cross (Hanseatenkreuz)
Obverse of the Hanseatic Cross from Bremen (left) and Hamburg (right)
Type	Single-grade
Awarded for	War merit
Description	Red-enameled cross pattée bearing the arms of the relevant city-state on the center medallion.
Presented by	Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck
Eligibility	Military and civilians who aided the war effort
Campaign(s)	World War I
Status	Obsolete
Established	August/September 1915
Total	Approx. 80,000
Obverse of the Hanseatic Cross from Lübeck (left) and reverse of all three versions, here Bremen (right)
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Next (lower)	None

The Hanseatic Cross (German: Hanseatenkreuz) was a military decoration of the three Hanseatic city-states of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck, who were members of the German Empire during World War I. Each republic established its own version of the cross, but the design and award criteria were similar for each.