Original German WWII Gold Mothers Cross in Case and HJ Enamel Cap Badge Original Items

Original Items: Only One Available. This is a wonderful example of The Cross of Honor of the German Mother or Mutterkreuz (Mother’s Cross) in gold (1st class, Gold Cross: eligible mothers with eight or more children!). The case is maker marked by Richard Sieper & Sohne of Ludenscheid. Reverse of medal reads 16 December 1938, which is the date that the award was first established, along with AH’s Signature. Condition of medal rates at very good to excellent.

The Cross of Honor of the German Mother (German: Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter), referred to colloquially as the Mutterehrenkreuz (Mother’s Cross of Honour) or simply Mutterkreuz (Mother’s Cross), was a state decoration conferred by the government of the German Reich to honour a Reichsdeutsche German mother for exceptional merit to the German nation. Eligibility later extended to include Volksdeutsche (ethnic German) mothers from, for example, Austria and Sudetenland, that had earlier been incorporated into the German Reich.

The decoration was conferred from 1939 until 1945 in three classes: bronze, silver, and gold, to Reichsdeutsche mothers who exhibited probity, exemplary motherhood, and who conceived and raised at least four or more children in the role of a parent. A similar practice, that continues to this present day, was already established in France since 1920, by conferring the Médaille de la Famille française (Medal of the French Family), a tribute to the French mother who raised several children in an appropriate way.

Also included is a HJ Cap Badge – AHjungend Mützenabzeichen marked RZM M1/128 by Eugen Schmidhäussler of Pforzheim. It is constructed out of a die stamped bronze base that has been silver washed and contains red, white and black enamel work. The rhomboid diamond shaped obverse depicts the HJ emblem, which consists of; a black mobile swas above a silvered square diamond which is surrounded by alternating white and red translucent pebbled quadrants and is all surrounded by a small silvered boarder. The full back reverse has a horizontally soldered on prong assembly and is maker marked RZM. The pin measures approximately 25mm tall by a 13mm wide. The enamel work has no cracking making this a great pin!