Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Alois Rettenmaier certificate_of_authenticity receiving Lindsay's Welcome to Returned

receiving Lindsay's Welcome to Returned Soldiers CEF Medal

First model

(Abzeichen Armband)

with tongue attached to the underside of the boards with a rayon reinforcement strip sewn to the bottom of each

24 September 1923 in Gieschewald/Giszowiec) on 12 September 1944

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Alois Rettenmaier certificate_of_authenticity receiving Lindsay's Welcome to Returned(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 rays, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, bearing a central white disc overlaid by a black swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), the reverse