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Would appreciate any info. From a box my sister obtained. Many WWII items, including pocket watches, letters, pins and coins enclosed.
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Cased Mothers Cross in Gold (Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter). The Mother’s Cross was introduced by Adolf Hitler on December 16th 1938 as part of a large propaganda campaign aimed at increasing the birth rate. With the Bronze cross for bearing four or five children, the Silver cross for bearing six or seven children and the Gold cross for bearing eight or more.
Luke 23:34
The result was a civil award that recognised the contribution of German mothers to the nation. The Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter, translated as the Cross of Honour of the German Mother, or as it more informally known, the Mother’s Cross, was instituted by statutory order on 16 December, 1938 by Adolf Hitler. The Cross was originally to be awarded on the second Sunday in May, or Mother’s Day, but as some three million German women were already eligible this was extended to include other important national occasions. It did mean that the first awards weren’t given until May 1939. The Mother’s Cross came in three grades, as follows:
Gold Cross – for mothers with eight or more children
Silver Cross – for mothers with six or seven children
Bronze Cross – for mothers with four or five children
There was also a miniature version of each Cross, measuring 2cm, with a ribbon bow, designated for everyday wear only. The bow could also be worn on its own. The miniature was not awarded in itself, it could be purchased from authorised suppliers on the high street or directly from approved medal makers. Other, related items such as brooches were not officially sanctioned.
Designs were drawn up for a Mother’s Cross in gold with diamonds set into the central swastika, to reward mothers of 12 or 16 children, but these were never awarded or produced. An example was actually auctioned in 2013 for around $3,000 but with a back-story of documentation destroyed by air raids and a finish that looked like it was made yesterday, it was undoubtedly a modern production.
Originally the award was to mothers from Germany only (Reichsdeutsche) but was later extended to cover ethnic Germans from Austria and Sudetenland (Volksdeutsche) after those countries were incorporated in the Reich. As it was intended to reward and promote motherhood it had both rigorous qualification criteria and also provided benefits to a mother so awarded.
To start with, both parents had to be of pure German blood heritage and that their parents were not Jewish or from other foreign origins. A signed declaration from the mother was sufficient for this, unless there were doubts about her background. Then, the mother had to be worthy of the award, which meant no genetic abnormalities, a reputable moral standing and no prior convictions. Finally, all the children had to be live births, free from defects and that the parents were bringing them up to be respectful and devoted members of the State.
The result was a civil award that recognised the contribution of German mothers to the nation. The Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter, translated as the Cross of Honour of the German Mother, or as it more informally known, the Mother’s Cross, was instituted by statutory order on 16 December, 1938 by Adolf Hitler. The Cross was originally to be awarded on the second Sunday in May, or Mother’s Day, but as some three million German women were already eligible this was extended to include other important national occasions. It did mean that the first awards weren’t given until May 1939. The Mother’s Cross came in three grades, as follows:
Gold Cross – for mothers with eight or more children
Silver Cross – for mothers with six or seven children
Bronze Cross – for mothers with four or five children
There was also a miniature version of each Cross, measuring 2cm, with a ribbon bow, designated for everyday wear only. The bow could also be worn on its own. The miniature was not awarded in itself, it could be purchased from authorised suppliers on the high street or directly from approved medal makers. Other, related items such as brooches were not officially sanctioned.
Designs were drawn up for a Mother’s Cross in gold with diamonds set into the central swastika, to reward mothers of 12 or 16 children, but these were never awarded or produced. An example was actually auctioned in 2013 for around $3,000 but with a back-story of documentation destroyed by air raids and a finish that looked like it was made yesterday, it was undoubtedly a modern production.
Originally the award was to mothers from Germany only (Reichsdeutsche) but was later extended to cover ethnic Germans from Austria and Sudetenland (Volksdeutsche) after those countries were incorporated in the Reich. As it was intended to reward and promote motherhood it had both rigorous qualification criteria and also provided benefits to a mother so awarded.
To start with, both parents had to be of pure German blood heritage and that their parents were not Jewish or from other foreign origins. A signed declaration from the mother was sufficient for this, unless there were doubts about her background. Then, the mother had to be worthy of the award, which meant no genetic abnormalities, a reputable moral standing and no prior convictions. Finally, all the children had to be live births, free from defects and that the parents were bringing them up to be respectful and devoted members of the State.
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