Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case, By Richard Sieper & Söhne Archive maker marked “Robert Neffe Berlin

maker marked “Robert Neffe Berlin W

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the reverse maker marked “O & B” for an unidentified manufacturer

Suspended from the bottom cross is a small decoration

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case, By Richard Sieper & Söhne Archive maker marked “Robert Neffe Berlin(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),