Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade, By Gustav Miksch United Republic of measuring 44 mm x 24

measuring 44 mm x 24 mm

the son of William Frederick and Ann Elizabeth Bateman

lid separated from box at the hinged edge

paper backing mostly intact with some of the metal backer plate revealed

A Clasp to the Iron Cross Second Class 1939 - In silvered tombac

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade, By Gustav Miksch United Republic of measuring 44 mm x 24(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Latin Cross, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, with a central black mobile swastika circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), with sun rays through the quadrants, the reverse with an etched institution date of 16. DEZEMBER 1938 and a facsimile of the Fhrer, unmarked,