2nd Class in Gold - A finely executed cross in gold and flawless white enamel work
BERLIN” and maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Linden
that his religion was Methodist and that his trade was that of Lumberman
with a black-enamelled Iron Cross suspended below
31 mm (h - inclusive laurel suspension and its integral ball)
Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case, By Forster & Graf Hold 2nd Class in Gold -(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamel, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with its arm 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), the