Original German WWII 2nd Class Silver Mother’s Cross Pin by Wilhelm Deumer of Lüdenscheid in LDO Box - Cross of Honor of the German Mother Brown Bess The left sleeve has a

The left sleeve has a unit assignment shield hand stitched on (original stitching)

Raleigh’s use of imagery in this painting is significant as he shows the destruction the Germans had caused

The regiment was in the 3rd Division

This winter style camouflage is typical of the Russian Front

King succeeded to command of the 9th Regiment in December 1866

Original German WWII 2nd Class Silver Mother’s Cross Pin by Wilhelm Deumer of Lüdenscheid in LDO Box - Cross of Honor of the German Mother Brown Bess The left sleeve has aOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of The Cross of Honor of the German Mother or Mutterkreuz (Mothers Cross) in Silver (2nd class, Silver Cross: eligible mothers with six or seven children), in a smaller pin badge configuration. It comes complete in a very nice LDO box, which are quite hard to find, and definitely adds to the value of this piece. Reverse of pin reads 16 December 1938, which is the date that the award was first