It is signed and was sent by a man named Birnstein on behalf of Bruns’ employer
maker marked on reverse plate "I
the only son of George Hodgkinson (1792-1870)
James Cross in Gold terminating in a sword
edged by bright red “Rot” piping
Russia, Soviet Union. A Lot of Three Orders of Maternal Glory, All Three Grades, c. 1948 GTRexclude It is signed and was(Orden Materinskaya Slava). Instituted July 8th, 1944. A lot of three Soviet Orders of Maternal Glory, consisting of: 1. I. Class two piece construction, in silver with red, white, and light blue enamels, the obverse with Order of Maternal Glory and I within red enamels, maker marked by the Moscow Mint, and numbered 425366 on the reverse, on a swivel loop for suspension from a hanger in silver gilt and enamels with a horizontal pinback, measuring 29.