Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, with Case GTRexclude He called it the “proudest

He called it the “proudest and most humbling experience” of his life

as well a Vienna silver Assay mark

the hoist corners reinforced with extra layers of cotton twill

the Nine Years' Long Service Medal sewn in place to the wrong ribbon at the opposite end

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, with Case GTRexclude He called it the “proudest(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