Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Mother’s Cross Medal Bar for Services to the Red Cross and War Effort GTRexclude returning to duty in early

returning to duty in early April

with the individual handwritten entries and signatures in black pen ink

who became eligible for this award in 1919

the announcement appearing in the British Medical Journal of August 27

84 mm (h) (not inclusive of suspension)

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Mother’s Cross Medal Bar for Services to the Red Cross and War Effort GTRexclude returning to duty in early(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