Regulations on wearing the Mothers Cross

[RaymondG]

Hi

Does anyone have and idea on what, if any, were the regulations on wearing the mothers cross?

I have one with all three standards together.

I can only imagine that you were supposed to wear one at a time, though I imagine some mothers made their way through the bronze, silver and then gold.

Wearing all three at once would look a little vulgar

Raymond

[Wim Vangossum]

Considering the preservation of most of these crosses, I think the were put in a drawer after awarding. Once I readed in a true-story-book written by an hidden Jewish Girl in Nazi Germany how scaered she was when at one day the house (were she worked) was visited by what she mentioned as a die- hard Third Reich mother because the woman proudly wearing the (miniatur) golden Mothercross on her lapel. I think these make sence. Only fanatic mothers were actually worn it on a frequency base.

Regards, Theo

[Stahlhelm]

Considering the preservation of most of these crosses, I think the were put in a drawer after awarding. Once I readed in a true-story-book written by an hidden Jewish Girl in Nazi Germany how scaered she was when at one day the house (were she worked) was visited by what she mentioned as a die- hard Third Reich mother because the woman proudly wearing the (miniatur) golden Mothercross on her lapel. I think these make sence. Only fanatic mothers were actually worn it on a frequency base.

Regards, Theo

That's very interesting! I've really learned something here, again. I've never wondered about this, but I would have thought that the crosses would have been very regularly worn. I always assumed that the recipients of all of these medals and awards were only too eager and proud to wear them.

I have noticed that the crosses themselves are often in great condition, but the ribbons are often not, if they are even present. The condition of the cross versus the condition of the ribbon has always been a somewhat peculiar contrast I would not expect to see, in any case.

Chris

[Wim Vangossum]

The most crosses I have seen have also a fine conditioned ribbon. Their are a few pictures around on this forum where you can see mothers with the cross around their neck. I suppose it was during an awarding ceremonie. Years ago I saw in a German documentary a black and white film scene were a NSDAP official putted a cross around a mother her neck. I have one bronze mother cross in my collection with a push button sewed on the end of the ribbon so that must be one from a pround Nazi women, who actually wore the thing I guess. The ribbons from my other crosses are all in very perfect condition.

Regards, Theo