Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Rudolf Souval Newly Listed 1941 and signed in blue

1941 and signed in blue ink by the commander of the 71st Infantry Division

along with a woman’s head

(Hose für Männer der Panzertruppe)

opening with a lip and functional hinge

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Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Rudolf Souval Newly Listed 1941 and signed in blue(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 enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), the