Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Liefergemeinschaft Pforzheimer Innungen certificate_of_authenticity eight with a horizontal pinback

eight with a horizontal pinback

Dicke of Lüdenscheid)

with an original neck ribbon and in its hardshelled case of issue

measuring 40 mm (w) x 18 mm (l)

(Orden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Liefergemeinschaft Pforzheimer Innungen certificate_of_authenticity eight with a horizontal pinback(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER),