Germany, Third Reich. A National Association of German Midwives Membership Badge Hold integral suspension with original ribbon

integral suspension with original ribbon

Melbourne) (Australia)

backer in navy blue wool

both constructed of dark grey wool with machine-embroidered silver alunimum wire tresses

Through contacts with Gerdy Troost (the widow of architect Paul Ludwig Troost

Germany, Third Reich. A National Association of German Midwives Membership Badge Hold integral suspension with original ribbon(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),