Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Medal Of Merit, By The Official Berlin Mint Newly Listed A Bronze Grade Mother's Cross

A Bronze Grade Mother's Cross - Bronze and enamels

In Eastern Europe and the Baltic states (in this case Hungary)

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Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Medal Of Merit, By The Official Berlin Mint Newly Listed A Bronze Grade Mother's Cross(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1945 Issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse with a raised Maltese Cross with its quadrants joined by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse with an inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL), the edge with a