Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal, 2nd Class Order, Silver Cross
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The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Gerald Schwab.
1938 December 16
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Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal, 2nd Class Order, Silver Cross
overall: Height: 15.800 inches (40.132 cm) | Width: 1.400 inches (3.556 cm)
The Mother's Cross was instituted by the Nazi Party in 1938. It was first awarded in 1939 to some 3 million mothers as a propaganda measure to promote National Socialist population policy.
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Silver, cross pattee medal with a black enamel swastika in the center on a white circular field surrounded by raised, silver-colored text. Between the triangular shaped arms is a square, silver sunburst that emanates from the swastika. The arms are blue enamel with a white border. A blue ribbon with white stripes is threaded through a rectangular metal loop on the top of the cross. It is not sewn closed. There is text engraved on the back.
reverse, engraved : 16. / Dezember / 1938 / Adolf Hitler [in cursive]