Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case United Republic of Anniversary of National Service Medal

Anniversary of National Service Medal 1951-1972 (2787316 M

20 mm x 58 mm

the Pour le Mérite measuring 53

a small piece of the mesh backer missing on the tip of the right wing

silver wreath

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case United Republic of Anniversary of National Service Medal(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