Past is prologue...?

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

When I was a young mother I picked a used book at the library, they were selling for pittance, along with hundreds more.

It was about the nazi rank and insignia from ww2. I don't remember much from it now, but there was an entry that fascinated and horrified me in equal measure, so much so I still recall it.

It was a series of civilian medals for honoring prolific mothers. The more children the mother boasted, the fancier and shinier the medal. Even then I realized that there was no (or few) other honors available for females, so the only real worth they had to the nazis was as a superior broodmare.

I grew up reading my mom's science fiction collection. My favorite authors were Anne McCaffrey, Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Breadley, and Octavia E. Butler. These pioneering women saw a loftier place for women in the future, one where those medals in that book would be rightly viewed as barbarous relics.

... /sigh

How long do you think it will take for the heritage foundation or something similar to whip up a set of United States Patriotic Mother awards for this administration? The Druggars and other quiverful families will be lining up for 'em

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. I'm under the impression that very few women

in Nazi Germany had enough children to get such a medal. In actuality, most of the time the birth rate there was below replacement level. Which is the case in this country. Immigration is the only reason our population is rising.

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

2. I found this on wiki...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Honour_of_the_German_Mother

[CoopersDad]

3. 1st class, Gold Cross: eligible mothers with eight or more children

Classes

1st class, Gold Cross: eligible mothers with eight or more children[2][6]
2nd class, Silver Cross: eligible mothers with six or seven children[2][6]
3rd class, Bronze Cross: eligible mothers with four or five children[2][6]

H/T to the reply above with link to Wikipedia article.