Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Honour Crosses Of The German Mother, All Grades Archive it was redeployed to Italy

it was redeployed to Italy and southern France (Istres) to fight Allied navy targets in the Mediterranean

maker marked “Karl Poellath

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the reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) code of “M9/162” for maker Ziemer & Söhne

measuring 32 mm (w) x 110 mm (l)

Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Honour Crosses Of The German Mother, All Grades Archive it was redeployed to Italy(Ehrenkreuze der Deutschen Mutter). A lot of three Honour Crosses of the German Mother, in Bronze, Silver, and Gold Grades, all constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loops for suspension from period original ribbons, consisting of Latin Crosses, the obverse of each with blue and white enameled arms, with central white enameled discs bearing black swastikas, circumscribed by raised inscriptions of DEM DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN