Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case, By Carl Poellath Newly Listed one (bronze) appears finished while

one (bronze) appears finished while the other two are first strikes

who had been firing from behind a stone wall

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Of typical wartime manufacture in bronze gilt with well detailed red enamels

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case, By Carl Poellath Newly Listed one (bronze) appears finished while(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),