Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade, By Carl Poellath United Republic of but with the original steel

but with the original steel buckles for the strap firmly attached to the liner’s frame within the helmet

He signed his CEF Attestation Paper as a Private (406636) with the 36th Infantry Battalion on April 14

with an additional seven loops below that

Medal in fire gilded bronze

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade, By Carl Poellath United Republic of but with the original steel(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, sun rays emanating between the arms of a Latin Cross from the centre applique, central medallion depicting a black enameled swastika ringed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (THE GERMAN MOTHER), on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, reverse inscribed with institution date of 16. Dezember 1938 and facsimile of the Fhrer