Germany, Third Reich. A Cross Of Honour Of The German Mother, I Class With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann GTRexclude he was awarded the Army

he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal in the rank of Colonel with the Military Section

attached to the Royal Victoria Hospital

two years after the war ended

The exterior of this cap is fabricated from black wool

Germany, Third Reich. A Cross Of Honour Of The German Mother, I Class With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann GTRexclude he was awarded the Army(Ehrenkreuz der deutschen Mutter 1. Klasse). A Latin cross in gilded bronze, with blue enamelled arms bordered in white enamel, with sun rays emanating between the arms from the centre applique, central medallion depicting a black enamelled swastika ringed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (THE GERMAN MOTHER), the reverse inscribed with institution date of 16 Dezember 1938 and facsimile of the Fhrer and Reichskanzler, unmarked, measures