Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive as a colonial order of

as a colonial order of merit of the Tajurah sultanate in French Somaliland (modern day Djibouti)

It is generally awarded in recognition of long careers in public service to those over 40 years old

bearing four bands of rolled silver aluminum wire piping with a single band of green threading

the needle retaining a screw fastener

t-square and calipers beside the head of the pickaxe

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive as a colonial order of(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), the reverse