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Deutsche Mutterkreuz erste Stufe C.F. Zimmermann Pforzheim
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Deutsche Mutterkreuz erste Stufe C.F. Zimmermann Pforzheim. Cross in excellent condition, in a case with manufacturer's marks
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The mother's cross, as it is called for short, personifies the National Socialist image of a woman, who elevated motherhood to the highest ideal of a German woman. Along with Mother's Day, which was introduced in 1935, the German Mother's Cross of Honor plays an important role in the mother cult organized by the National Socialists. The mother's cross, designed by Franz Berberich, had three grades and was awarded: mothers with four or five children received a bronze grade cross, mothers with six or seven children received a silver class, and women who gave birth to eight or more children were awarded a gold class maternal cross. The recipients were chosen by burgomasters, leaders of local NSDAP groups, or district overseers of the imperial union of large families. Because not only the number of children was decisive, but also, according to the National Socialist ideology, only "Aryan and genetically healthy" women were awarded the Mother's Cross. The awarding took place according to a single ritual: on Mother's Day, the mother's cross was handed over to women - also by the local leader of the NSDAP group - in a solemn act, along with a certificate of the right to wear in the form of a letter. Hitler's facsimile signature and the signature of the head of the presidium of the office of the awarding department. Since that day, award-winning women have enjoyed preferential treatment in social services, events, transportation, and retirement programs. And they had the honor of meeting the boys and girls organized in the Deutschejungvolk/Hitler Youth, so Nazi salutes became obligatory for them. This example is one of several million that have been awarded to German women under the National Socialist regime since its founding by Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor on December 16, 1938. Hanging from a blue and white striped ribbon is a narrow long blue enameled cross with a medallion depicting a black swastika with the inscription DER GERMAN MUTTER on a white background. On the back, “The child ennobles the mother” or “16. December 1938", each signed by Adolf Hitler. A blue box or a simple paper bag was used to store the mother's cross. The cross of honor of the German mother is one of the Nazi symbols prohibited by the Law on Ranks, Orders, and Badges of July 26, 1957.
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Deutsche Mutterkreuz erste Stufe C.F. Zimmermann Pforzheim. Cross in excellent condition, in a case with manufacturer's marks
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The mother's cross, as it is called for short, personifies the National Socialist image of a woman, who elevated motherhood to the highest ideal of a German woman. Along with Mother's Day, which was introduced in 1935, the German Mother's Cross of Honor plays an important role in the mother cult organized by the National Socialists. The mother's cross, designed by Franz Berberich, had three grades and was awarded: mothers with four or five children received a bronze grade cross, mothers with six or seven children received a silver class, and women who gave birth to eight or more children were awarded a gold class maternal cross. The recipients were chosen by burgomasters, leaders of local NSDAP groups, or district overseers of the imperial union of large families. Because not only the number of children was decisive, but also, according to the National Socialist ideology, only "Aryan and genetically healthy" women were awarded the Mother's Cross. The awarding took place according to a single ritual: on Mother's Day, the mother's cross was handed over to women - also by the local leader of the NSDAP group - in a solemn act, along with a certificate of the right to wear in the form of a letter. Hitler's facsimile signature and the signature of the head of the presidium of the office of the awarding department. Since that day, award-winning women have enjoyed preferential treatment in social services, events, transportation, and retirement programs. And they had the honor of meeting the boys and girls organized in the Deutschejungvolk/Hitler Youth, so Nazi salutes became obligatory for them. This example is one of several million that have been awarded to German women under the National Socialist regime since its founding by Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor on December 16, 1938. Hanging from a blue and white striped ribbon is a narrow long blue enameled cross with a medallion depicting a black swastika with the inscription DER GERMAN MUTTER on a white background. On the back, “The child ennobles the mother” or “16. December 1938", each signed by Adolf Hitler. A blue box or a simple paper bag was used to store the mother's cross. The cross of honor of the German mother is one of the Nazi symbols prohibited by the Law on Ranks, Orders, and Badges of July 26, 1957.
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