Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Mother’s Cross Medal Bar for Services to the Red Cross and War Effort GTRexclude 84 mm (h) (not inclusive

84 mm (h) (not inclusive of suspension)

returning to duty in early April

A First War period medal ribbon bar featuring seven ribbons including an Austrian War Service Medal ribbon with swords

the announcement appearing in the British Medical Journal of August 27

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Mother’s Cross Medal Bar for Services to the Red Cross and War Effort GTRexclude 84 mm (h) (not inclusive(Ordensschnalle). A rare medal bar for a female recipient featuring three awards, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 11 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition. 2. An Honour Cross