Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case, By Carl Poellath Archive green oxidation evident

green oxidation evident

with a sharpened tip and fuller running approximately two-thirds the length of each side

7 mm x 20 mm

This is a very rare full-size and high quality manufacture “KLasse F” International Gliding Commission (IGC) - Internationale Segelflugkommission (ISK) - Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FIA) gliding award stick pin with a period case

unstitched and measuring 465 mm (l) x 118 mm (h)

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case, By Carl Poellath Archive green oxidation evident(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter 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 together through the quadrants by sun 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), the