the cross with the majority of the silvering intact on the wreath
There is a note in the work cited below that he was awarded the DKiG in April 1945
constructed of green wool trimmed in braided red (Rot) Waffenfarbe piping
A Honour Cross of the World War with Swords (1914-1918)
each of the buttons bearing the Field Marshal's insignia and holding the two ends of the flaps together
Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, Bronze Grade, With Miniature Hold the cross with the majority(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Bronze mit Miniatur). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, with a central black enameled swastika on a white enameled background, circumscribed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), the reverse with an institution date of 16. DEZEMBER 1938 and a facsimile of the