Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Bronze Grade With Case, By B.h. Mayer Newly Listed over a blue cloth backing

over a blue cloth backing

illustrating ten airmen in uniform in an outdoor setting

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Waddell was to see a promotion the following month

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Bronze Grade With Case, By B.h. Mayer Newly Listed over a blue cloth backing(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Bronze mit Etui). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross, 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), the reverse with an etched institution date of 16. DEZEMBER 1938 and a