Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, with Case Buy Now certified by the handwritten signature

certified by the handwritten signature of Vizeadmiral August Thiele (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

and bearing three silver aluminum wire pips situated above an oak leaf wreath of identical construction

31 mm x 980 mm

(Fürstlicher Hausorden Kreuz IV Klasse)

NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1930-31

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, with Case Buy Now certified by the handwritten signature(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 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 raised date of 13. MRZ 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN