Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade Newly Listed 216 mm x 279 mm

216 mm x 279 mm

16 mm (w) x 63

A post mordem examination showed that

with silvered crown (factory attached/soldered)

the twelve o’clock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring connecting to a period original bowtie ribbon

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade Newly Listed 216 mm x 279 mm(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from a period original bow tie ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Latin Cross, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms and sun rays between the quadrants, with a central white enameled disc bearing a black swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), the