Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case And Miniature, By Ochs & Bonn United Republic of An ornate diagonal faceted ended

An ornate diagonal faceted ended silver gilt star with finely enameled flaming heart with cross affixed by silver pin

Measures 222mm (w) x 285mm (h) x 10mm (d)

one is maker marked "STOKES & SONS MELB" on the reverse

measuring 352 mm (w) x 225 mm (h)

the Cross was forwarded to his mother

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case And Miniature, By Ochs & Bonn United Republic of An ornate diagonal faceted ended(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with stylized sun rays joining the quadrants, the obverse with a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), the reverse bearing an etched