Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case, By Richard Sieper & Söhne Archive Mérito Aeronáutico)

Mérito Aeronáutico)

(5) 4 Federal Republic of Germany Awards: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

An early Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

maker marked “Robert Neffe Berlin W

correspondence from RCAF Headquarters in Ottawa and research papers

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case, By Richard Sieper & Söhne Archive Mérito Aeronáutico)(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 sun rays, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, with a central white enameled disc bearing a black swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER),