Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Auction measuring 43mm (w) x 47mm

measuring 43mm (w) x 47mm (h)

holding an ornately decorated rifle by its barrel

The controversial conferral of the Fleece on Napoleon and his brother Joseph

constructed of grey threads on olive-tan thick wool backing

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Auction measuring 43mm (w) x 47mm(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 inscription of 13. MRZ 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN