Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Philipp Türk’s Witwe Archive North West Canada 1885 -

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with a reinforced rivet for suspension

The blade is un-sharpened with the surface being matte due to patina and age

the return of the railway and associated Friendship Treaty established the era of Sino-Soviet co-operation that would last until the Sino-Soviet split

Cover illustrating a British plane chasing a German plane

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by Philipp Türk’s Witwe Archive North West Canada 1885 -(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