Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 1069890, member: 22&quot;]I visited an old lady today (Sunday) to buy some coins she had found in her recently deceased husbands box from under the bed.</p><p>In over 70 years of marriage she never went in the box.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins although silver were pretty average but she also pulled out a bag of medals.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mister was a Canadian soldier she met in WWII whilst he was on RR in the UK, they married and he remained in the UK.</p><p>The medals appear to be war booty or looted whilst he was in Germany in 1944-45.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did not know this medal existed until today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nazi civilian cross of honour, Der Deutsche Mutter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cross of Honour of the German Mother, an award instituted following a December 16, 1938, decree by Adolph Hitler to encourage German women to bear more children.</p><p>It was awarded by the Nazi Party in Hitler&#039;s name, with his signature engraved on the back.</p><p>A recipient could be nominated by the Party or a government official and had to be of pure German origin and good character. The medal was issued in three levels: first class, gold, for mothers with eight or more children; second class, silver, for six to seven children; third class, bronze for four to five children. The medals were awarded from 1939 to 1944 to more than three million German women.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thats an awful lot of Nazi kiddies and many of them may still be alive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze, Silver and Gold and some pesky Canadan pinched em from some poor Nazi <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]209519[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in