Germany, Third Reich. A National Association of German Midwives Membership Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked "AGNEW" on the reverse

marked "AGNEW" on the reverse

with damage to enamels to the 6 o'clock arm

Each with original ribbons and mounted to conjoined five-sided aluminum suspensions

tear marks on the reverse

After the Armistice of Cassibile between the Allies and Italy

Germany, Third Reich. A National Association of German Midwives Membership Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked "AGNEW" on the reverse(Reichsfachschaft deutscher Hebammen Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a radiant white enameled Geneva Cross, inset with a depiction of a mother and child, surrounded by gilt letters RDH (Reichsfachschaft deutscher Hebammen) and a swastika, situated within a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of IM DIENST DER ZUKUNFT UNSERES VOLKES (IN THE SERVICE OF THE FUTURE OF OUR PEOPLE),