VINTAGE WW1 GERMANY WAR HONOUR CROSS WAR WIDOWS & MOTHERS OF DEAD SOLDIERS MEDAL

Description

37mm wide black iron cross pattée, on laterally-pierced ribbed loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the dates ‘1914 1918’ encircled by a wreath of laurel leaves; the reverse plain with makers mark; on correct combatant’s ribbon. This is the scarcer ‘widows’ cross, awarded to mothers and wives of the fallen/dead German soldiers.