Germany. A Cross Of Honour Of The German Mother, Bronze Grade Newly Listed Minister of National Defence (who

Minister of National Defence (who served in that capacity from 1957 to 1960 under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker) and coded "15-11-53 (N

The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Calgary

while the army eagle and buttons are painted with radium paint

Luxembourg and far western Germany and is topographical in nature

A week after his arrival in France

Germany. A Cross Of Honour Of The German Mother, Bronze Grade Newly Listed Minister of National Defence (who(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Bronze); a Latin cross with concave arms in bronze and blue, white, and black enamels; with sun rays emanating between the arms from the centre applique; on loop for suspension; with a full length period original ribbon; the obverse with a circular applique bearing a static black enameled swastika (Hakenkreuz) within a bronze ring inscribed Der Deutschen Mutter (The German Mother), with all four arms of the cross