Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade, By Ziemer & Söhne Hold when he was officially discharged

when he was officially discharged from Non-Permanent Active Militia service

1917 and after serving in France for twenty-one months

the obverse with a circular applique bearing a static black enameled swastika (Hakenkreuz) within a gilded ring inscribed “Der Deutschen Mutter” (The German Mother)

Lazarus in Gold by Gardino - In GOLD and white & green enameling

2 mm x 48 mm

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade, By Ziemer & Söhne Hold when he was officially discharged(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold). Instituted 16 December 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original shortened ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with blue and white enameled arms, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a black swastika on a white enameled background, circumscribed by a gilt inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (THE GERMAN MOTHER),