Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Honour Crosses Of The German Mother, All Grades Auction Archive An Italian East Africa 1st

An Italian East Africa 1st Battalion CCNN Cross - (Camicie Nere = Black Shirts) Two-piece construction

with "19" and "43" (1943) below the wings

over a khaki-tan cotton backer

reverse handwritten in blue ink "SAM'S BROTHER / UNCLE JOHN / DIED AT 22 IN COMBAT WWII"

The bottom depicts a textured leaf pattern of red and green oak leaf stems

Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Honour Crosses Of The German Mother, All Grades Auction Archive An Italian East Africa 1st(Ehrenkreuze der Deutschen Mutter). A lot of three Honour Crosses of the German Mother, each constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, one with a silvered finish and one with a gilded finish, on loops for suspension from period original ribbons, all consisting of a Latin Cross with blue and white enameled arms, the obverse of each with a black enameled swastika on a white enameled background, circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER