Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The Mother's Cross was instituted by the Nazi Party in 1938. It was first awarded in 1939 to some 3 million mothers as a propaganda measure to promote National Socialist population policy.
- Date
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commemoration:
1938 December 16
- Geography
-
issue:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kevin Williams
- Markings
- front, around the swastika, embossed : DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER [THE GERMAN MOTHER]
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Awards
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Bronze, cross pattee medal with a black enamel swastika in the center on a white circular field surrounded by raised, bronze-colored text. Between the triangular shaped arms is a square, bronze sunburst that emanates from the swastika. The arms are blue enamel with a white border. A blue ribbon with white stripes is threaded through a rectangular metal loop on the top of the cross. It is not sewn closed. There is text engraved on the back.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.810 inches (4.597 cm) | Width: 1.460 inches (3.708 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, ribbon, enamel paint
- Inscription
- reverse, engraved : 16. / Dezember / 1938 / Adolf Hitler [in cursive]
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Kevin Williams.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-18 13:13:11
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12754
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