Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Honour Crosses of the German Mother, All Grades GTRexclude Shoulder Board Pair: uppers with

Shoulder Board Pair: uppers with four rows wrapped in gold-coloured bullion wire in a thatched-pattern

It sits firmly within a nickel-silver upper crossguard

Type I - (used from 1876 until 1881)

Footnote: The Hejaz Railway Medal was instituted in 1900 and struck to commemorate the opening of the new railway between Damascus and Mecca

A recent count by USS Franklin historian and researcher Joseph A

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Honour Crosses of the German Mother, All Grades GTRexclude Shoulder Board Pair: uppers with(Ehrenkreuze der Deutschen Mutter). A mixed lot of Honour Crosses of the German Mother, all grades, all constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels and gilt and silver finish where applicable, on loops for suspension from period original ribbons, each consisting of a Latin Cross with stylized rays joining the quadrants, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika,