Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Newly Listed Institution Date: July 1951

Institution Date: July 1951

oxidation spot evident on the obverse

inside lid inscribed "ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN 20

the loss of most of the nickel plating

Measuring 106 mm (w) x 135 mm (h)

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Newly Listed Institution Date: July 1951(Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. Mrz 1938 mit Etui). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, above a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central date of 13. MRZ 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN VOLK, EIN