Germany, Third Reich. A Midwives Association Membership Badge Hold each with a silvered gilt

each with a silvered gilt pip attached

with blackened wreath

It was their first major offensive operation and one that survivors would not soon forget

Fabricated from bakelite with a white finished exterior and red finished underside

awarded to Oberstleutnant Kühne

Germany, Third Reich. A Midwives Association Membership Badge Hold each with a silvered gilt(Deutsche Hebammen Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, horizontal pinback, obverse depicts central gilt mother and shield flanked by initials R and H for Reichs Hebammen (Reich Midwives), on top of a mobile swastika, within blue enameled ring inscribed IM DIENSTE DER ZUKUNFT UNSERES VOLKES (IN SERVICE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR PEOPLE), maker marked on reverse DOUBL, measuring 41 mm in diameter, in near extremely