German WW2 Nazi Cross of Honour of the German Mother Awarded For Large Families.

This is a bronze award for a mother who gave birth to 4 or 5 children bearing the inscription on the reverse from 1939 to 1945 the initial former reverse inscription was replaced during production with the date of the decoration decree 16. Dezember 1938.[14] Directly beneath is the inscribed facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler.

The Cross of Honour of the German Mother (German: Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter), referred to colloquially as the Mutterehrenkreuz (Mother’s Cross of Honour) or simply Mutterkreuz (Mother’s Cross), was a state decoration conferred by the government of the German Reich to honour a Reichsdeutsche German mother for exceptional merit to the German nation. Eligibility later extended to include Volksdeutsche (ethnic German) mothers from, for example, Austria and Sudetenland, that had earlier been incorporated into the German Reich.

1st class, Gold Cross: eligible mothers with eight or more children

2nd class, Silver Cross: eligible mothers with six or seven children

3rd class, Bronze Cross: eligible mothers with four or five children

*Condition*

This Bronze Cross has lost some of its enamel to the front left arm of the cross and has discoloured being quite dark now. Please see pictures.

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