Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade Newly Listed inscribed “MERENTI” (Latin - Merit)

inscribed “MERENTI” (Latin - Merit)

marked “STERLING” with an encircled “P” beside

the twelve o’clock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring connecting to a period original bowtie ribbon

with silvered crown (factory attached/soldered)

A post mordem examination showed that

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade Newly Listed inscribed “MERENTI” (Latin - Merit)(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from a period original bow tie ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Latin Cross, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms and sun rays between the quadrants, with a central white enameled disc bearing a black swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), the