This item is a bronze German MotherCross. The MotherCross was given to German mothers of pure Aryan heritage before and during World War Two. Adolf Hitler wanted to encourage population growth and keep the German mother at home. Mothers were awarded these crosses according to the number of children they had – gold crosses for eight or more children, silver for six or seven children and bronze for four or five children. The crosses were presented to mothers on 4th August, the birthday of Hitler’s mother and also on Mother’s Day. They could only be worn on special occasions around the neck on a blue cord with two white stripes. This German MotherCross is a bronze one and has on one side ‘Der Deutschen Mutter’ and on the other side ‘16 Dezember 1938’ and Adolf Hitler’s signature. The date indicates when the award was first instituted. There were at least 8 million recipients of the medal.The recipient and donor of this medal are not known but it is a very interesting and unusual memento of World War Two.This is a metal medal in the shape of a cross with a bronze ridged background in the shape of a rectangle. The cross is enamelled in blue and white and has a round bronze disc in the centre and lettering with a blue swastika on a white background. There is lettering on the back of the cross. A metal catch is attached to the top of the cross and remnants of a blue and white cloth cord are looped over the catch. One small fragment of the cord is detached. The medal is in a box which is not the original container. ‘Der Deutschen Mutter’ ‘16 Dezember 1938’ plus Adolf Hitler’s signature world war two, german mothercross

Set of two early BTPS pamphlets advertising the Museum, both with a sketch of No. 40 on the rear and the name "Ballarat Tramway Museum" in caps. .1 - Advertising the BTPS as the Ballarat Tramway Museum, note son the Museum and displays, donations, map with an application for membership at the base - membership $2. .2 - Invitation to Join the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society, with details of the BTPS, activities, has PO Box 632 address. Fee $2. trams, tramways, btps, map, drawings, membership, sketches

Guide book for Australian War Museum Exhibition Building, Melbourne.book, guide, museum

Coloured photo of visitors and members at buffet lunch for opening of Museumnunawading historical society, museum

Coloured photo of members and guests at buffet lunch for opening of Museumnunawading historical society, museum

Black and white photo of Nunawading Historical Society Museum buildingnunawading historical society, museum

Greenwich Palace no longer exists however archaeology had added greatly to our understanding of life at the Tudor Court at Greenwich. Since 1971 there have been well over 20 digs on the site. Many wonderful and intriguing items from gold coins to tiled floors and human skeletons have been found. The first major dig uncovered the structure of the royal apartments next to the river. Not only did it clarify the floor plan but finds included some rare Tudor ceiling decorations, a hoard of gold coins and many personal items such as dice used for gaming. Perhaps the most revealing excavations have been the most recent. In 2005 while monitoring the digging of a drainage trench archaeologists found brickwork and tiles that formed the floor of the east end of the Tudor Chapel Royal where the altar once stood.Photograph of stained glass windows at Greenwich Chapel and Museum, Englandgreewich, stone, museum, chapel, stained glass

Camp 13, German POWs.|Back: Schafer; Schmitz; Knoll; Brune; Fischer.|Front: Langer; Sauebier; Ohliger; Saluschkar; Pieler?.photograph, people

Colour photographs of the opening of the new permanant exhibition in the museum of the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum. Left to right: John Challis (Challis Design), Clare Gervasoni (curator) and Tim Billings (designer).clare gervasoni, tim billings, john challis, castlemaine art gallery and historical museum, camp to city

Proprietors Carl & Caroline Schmidt with employees of the Ballarat German Laundry situated at 821 Howitt Street. This would later become the Ballarat Steam Laundry.ballarat german laundry, carl schmidt, caroline schmidt, commerical, building, howitt street

Contained in Volume 2 of a set of two spiral magnetic photo albums, each containing 10 leaves, 20 pages; Vol. 1 labelled "Houses - Eltham South" and Vol. 2 labelled "Eltham Houses". Newspaper article promoting museum and unrelated clipping advertising house auctioneltham, real estate advertisement, houses, woongarri

Coloured photo of east end of Nunawading Historical Society Museum Buildingnunawading historical society, museum

Coloured photo of north side of Nunawading Historical Society Museum buildingnunawading historical society, museum

Coloured photo of Warwick Shortland replying to Mayor's address at opening of Museumshortland, warwick, nunawading historical society, museum

Black and white photo of construction of Nunawading Historical Society's Museum buildingnunawading historical society museum, museum construction

Black and white photo of construction of Nunawading Historical Society's Museum Buildingnunawading historical society museum

Black and white photo of construction of Nunawading Historical Society's Museum buildingnunawading historical society museum