Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Newly Listed a second large patriotic Iron

a second large patriotic Iron Cross badge

the document was torn into eight pieces and reassembled with tape

when the last launch site in the Low Countries was overrun on March 29

the eagle at the junction of the chain and badge larger than the other five on the chain

A black-and-white photograph presenting a soldier

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Newly Listed a second large patriotic Iron(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