Germany, Third Reich. A Midwives Association Membership Badge Auction measuring 53 mm (w) x

measuring 53 mm (w) x 82 mm (h)

a hollow silver Maltese cross with ball finals

disembarking in Halifax on the 29th

with separately riveted silver insignia

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Germany, Third Reich. A Midwives Association Membership Badge Auction measuring 53 mm (w) x(Deutsche Hebammen Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse with a central raised depiction of a mother holding a child, inside of a white enameled cross bearing initials RDH for REICHSFACHSCHAFT DEUTSCHER HEBAMMEN (REICH ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN MIDWIVES), surrounded by a ring of blue enamel with an inscription of IM DIENSTE DER ZUKUNFT UNSERES VOLKES (IN THE SERVICE OF THE FUTURE OF OUR PEOPLE), the