Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case, By Ziemer & Söhne Auction Archive Following the infamous bombing of

Following the infamous bombing of Durango and then Guernica by the German Luftwaffe

on original long neck ribbon

53 mm (w) x 42

in Peterborough

ISBN 0-912138-16-5

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case, By Ziemer & Söhne Auction Archive Following the infamous bombing of(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 sun rays, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, with a central white enameled disc bearing a black swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER),