Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Honour Crosses Of The German Mother Archive This is a Christmas gift

This is a Christmas gift from the Grand Duchess Eleonore zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich and her husband Ernst Ludwig von Hessen to the troops in Hessen

the reverse with a central inscription of “SIGNUM LAUDIS” (“SIGN OF PRAISE”)

The document is dated to June 20

the top loop of each side pair on the pocket itself and the bottom loop on the body of the tunic

This is a machine woven patch worn on the Field Caps

Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Honour Crosses Of The German Mother Archive This is a Christmas gift(Ehrenkreuze der Deutschen Mutter). A lot of five Honour Crosses of the German Mother, consisting of one finished and five unfinished examples, all constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels and on loops for suspension, all consisting of Latin Crosses with their arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized sun rays, the obverse of each with blue and white enameled arms, the finished cross bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid