Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case And Miniature, By Ochs & Bonn United Republic of one is maker marked "STOKES

one is maker marked "STOKES & SONS MELB" on the reverse

A post-war report entitled "The Breach of Intermuros"

measuring 352 mm (w) x 225 mm (h)

Measures 222mm (w) x 285mm (h) x 10mm (d)

He was killed later in the day while making the assault on his company's final objective and his body was never recovered

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Gold Grade With Case And Miniature, By Ochs & Bonn United Republic of one is maker marked "STOKES(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with stylized sun rays joining the quadrants, the obverse with a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), the reverse bearing an etched