O Deutschland hoch in Ehren is one of the most patriotic songs in Germany save for which national anthem?
O Deutschland hoch in Ehren "O Deutschland hoch in Ehren " is a patriotic German song written by Ludwig Bauer (1832–1910) in 1859 and set to music by Henry Hugh Pierson. The song was, besides the "Deutschlandlied", "Die Wacht am Rhein" and "Des Deutschen Vaterland", the most popular patriotic anthem in the 19th century.
Cross of Honour of the German Mother The Cross of Honour of the German Mother (German: "Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter" ), referred to colloquially as the "Mutterehrenkreuz" (Mother’s Cross of Honour) or simply "Mutterkreuz" (Mother’s Cross), was a state decoration conferred by the government of the German Reich to honour a "Reichsdeutsche" German mother for exceptional merit to the German nation. Eligibility later extended to include "Volksdeutsche" (ethnic German) mothers from, for example, Austria and Sudetenland, that had earlier been incorporated into the German Reich.