Otto and Karolina Gahr,a motherïs brooch,2nd issue 1939 Silver,hand-hammered,partly patinated,the reverse with the SS runes of the Gahr workshop in an octagonal shield. With attachment pin. Diameter 55 mm,weight 21 g. The brooches were modelled by Gahr after Merovingian decorative discs in the Romano-Germanic Central Museum in Mainz and were given by Himmler to the wives of married SS men on the occasion of the birth of their first child. See Hermann Historica Auction 52,11 May 2007,Lot 8345 and A. Meyer/H. W. Schild,Otto und Karolina Gahr,Die Silbers,Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
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