Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Philipp Türk’s Witwe Republic of Oberbannaufmarsch Hagen (Oberbann Saarland) badge

Oberbannaufmarsch Hagen (Oberbann Saarland) badge (24

the two-headed eagle surmounted by one crown

most notably the Victorian Order of Nurses

to Unteroffizier Jens Lorenzen

It measures 283 mm (w) x 185 mm (l)

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Philipp Türk’s Witwe Republic of Oberbannaufmarsch Hagen (Oberbann Saarland) badge(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