marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M1/102" (Frank & Reif
marked “Azad Hind Medaille” on the obverse in black capital lettering
obverse bearing central spade and swastika insignia of the RAD on a pebbled field
The interior features a 35 mm-wide sweatband constructed of brown lacquered buckram
consisting of a Cross Pattée with blue enameled arms set within a ribbed and silvered frame
Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Alois Rettenmaier United Republic of marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei)(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, bearing a central white disc overlaid by a black swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), the reverse