Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Mother’s Cross Medal Bar for Services to the Red Cross and War Effort GTRexclude A First War period medal

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

" below in black ink

the announcement appearing in the British Medical Journal of August 27

35 mm x 40 mm x 56 mm)

BIR-HAKEIM

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Mother’s Cross Medal Bar for Services to the Red Cross and War Effort GTRexclude A First War period medal(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