Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Silver Grade with Miniature and Case, by Rudolf Souval Auction Archive measuring 32 mm (w) x

measuring 32 mm (w) x 37 mm (h)

1943 by aircraft of squad VC-9 from the escort carrier USS Santee

where it remained until July 1944

weighing approximately total 1

Erich Altschul perished in the ghetto)

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Silver Grade with Miniature and Case, by Rudolf Souval Auction Archive measuring 32 mm (w) x(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Silber mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE