Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Mother’s Cross Medal Bar for Services to the Red Cross and War Effort GTRexclude the 25-year clasp measuring 30

the 25-year clasp measuring 30 mm (w) x 34 mm (h)

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who became eligible for this award in 1919

84 mm (h) (not inclusive of suspension)

BIR-HAKEIM

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Mother’s Cross Medal Bar for Services to the Red Cross and War Effort GTRexclude the 25-year clasp measuring 30(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