Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Mother’s Cross Medal Bar for Services to the Red Cross and War Effort United Republic of measuring 45x57mm

measuring 45x57mm

The Silver Ladies Merit Cross 1st Type was awarded 284 times (only 27 times with the Empress Crown)

disembarking on the 26th

It is maker marked near the reverse ricasso with “CARL EICKHORN

the lower half of the image overlaid by von Richthofen's signature in clear black ink

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Mother’s Cross Medal Bar for Services to the Red Cross and War Effort United Republic of measuring 45x57mm(Ordensschnalle). A rare medal bar for a female recipient featuring three awards, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 11 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition. 2. An Honour Cross