Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Bronze Grade Miniature With Case, By Gustav Brehmer Archive chipping evident in the white

chipping evident in the white enamels on the left arm and in the green enamels on the obverse

The controversial conferral of the Fleece on Napoleon and his brother Joseph

with intention of being sent to the Russian Front

rubies and a sapphire

with standard buckram backing (a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue)

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Bronze Grade Miniature With Case, By Gustav Brehmer Archive chipping evident in the white(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Bronze, Miniatur mit Etui). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original bow tie ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Latin Cross, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, with a central white enameled disc bearing a black mobile swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), the reverse with an etched institution