Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Liefergemeinschaft Pforzheimer Innungen United Republic of the obverse bearing the coat

the obverse bearing the coat of arms of Hohenzollern circumscribed with “FÜR TREUE UND VERDIENST” (FOR FAITHFUL AND MERIT) surrounded by a wreath of half oak leaves and half laurel leaves

70 mm (w) x 65

featuring a handwritten signature of Major (later Oberst) Max Eggeling

but also to kill civilians in occupied Belarus and in the Warsaw Uprising

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Liefergemeinschaft Pforzheimer Innungen United Republic of the obverse bearing the coat(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),