Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade, By Gustav Miksch United Republic of the son of William Frederick

the son of William Frederick and Ann Elizabeth Bateman

the front features an aluminum Officer’s Ustasha insignia as well as a the Ustasha insignia below

paper backing mostly intact with some of the metal backer plate revealed

measuring 140 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

The inside comes complete with its original eight-panel leather liner

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade, By Gustav Miksch United Republic of the son of William Frederick(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Latin Cross, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, with a central black mobile swastika circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), with sun rays through the quadrants, the reverse with an etched institution date of 16. DEZEMBER 1938 and a facsimile of the Fhrer, unmarked,