Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Award Certificate For An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, In Bronze, To Gertrud Giese Archive dated January 27

dated January 27

two enemy grenades exploded at his feet knocking him down and severely wounding him in the legs

from his arrival in Sydney on March 3rd

he had received the Iron Cross 2nd Class and just previous to that

Wehrpaß measuring 106x147mm

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Award Certificate For An Honour Cross Of The German Mother, In Bronze, To Gertrud Giese Archive dated January 27(Verleihungsurkunde fr das Ehrenkreuzes der Deutschen Mutter in Bronze). An award certificate for an Honour Cross of the German Mother in Bronze, dated 21 May 1939 and named to Gertrud Giese (nee Juert), with a facsimile of the Fhrer and a handwritten signature of Otto Meissner, Chief of the Presidential Chancellery, measuring 210 mm (w) x 298 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.