Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal, 1st Class Order, Gold Cross case
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Containers
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Boxes
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Jewelry boxes (aat)
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- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
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Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal, with ribbon, 1st Class Order, Gold Cross
Object
Mother's Cross honor 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.