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 eagle 90mm in length

eagle 90mm in length

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

and two brown leather straps with eight buckling holes on the left strap and seven buckling holes on the right

with damage to enamels to the 6 o'clock arm

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

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 eagle 90mm in length(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),