Germany, Third Reich. A National Association of German Midwives Membership Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a band in the

with a band in the quadrants between the arms of the cross inscribed with “Für Verdienste im Feuerlöschwesen” (For Merit in Fire Fighting) in capitalised German lettering

with damage to enamels to the 6 o'clock arm

Each with original ribbons and mounted to conjoined five-sided aluminum suspensions

group of eight awarded to Major-General J

when he passed away in 1997 near Cologne/Bonn

Germany, Third Reich. A National Association of German Midwives Membership Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a band in the(Reichsfachschaft deutscher Hebammen Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a radiant white enameled Geneva Cross, inset with a depiction of a mother and child, surrounded by gilt letters RDH (Reichsfachschaft deutscher Hebammen) and a swastika, situated within a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of IM DIENST DER ZUKUNFT UNSERES VOLKES (IN THE SERVICE OF THE FUTURE OF OUR PEOPLE),