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Here is your chance to pick up an original paper packet for a Mothers Cross in Silver. Packet is marked for Kerbach & Oesterhelt of Dresden on the reverse. In great condition overall with just minor wear from over the years. Would go great with a cross missing its packet. Guaranteed authentic. The Mutterkreuz (Mother’s Cross), was a state decoration conferred by the government of the German Reich to honor a Reichsdeutsche German mother for exceptional merit to the German nation. Eligibility later extended to include Volksdeutsche 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 mothers who conceived and raised at least four or more children in the role of a parent.Classes: 1st class, Gold Cross: eligible mothers with eight or more children 2nd class, Silver Cross: eligible mothers with six or seven children 3rd class, Bronze Cross: eligible mothers with four or five children Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!
