Germany, NSDAP. A Rare 1938 AH Rome Visit Commemorative Medal, with Case, by Julius Nottbrock visually-hidden illustrating a raised full oakleaf

illustrating a raised full oakleaf wreath encompassing a Bavarian crown in its centre

the swords riveted to the wreath

a 53-year-old Army Headquarters staff officer from Melbourne

surface wear on the reverse centrepiece

redeeming themselves through front service

Germany, NSDAP. A Rare 1938 AH Rome Visit Commemorative Medal, with Case, by Julius Nottbrock visually-hidden illustrating a raised full oakleaf(NSDAP offizielles Teilnehmerabzeichen der NSDAP AO Landesgruppe Italien zum Staatsbesuch AH in Italien 1938, mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a pair of fasces, circumscribed by an inscriptions of STAATSBESUCH AH IN ITALIEN 1938 (STATE VISIT OF AH TO ITALY 1938), the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR TREUE MITARBEIT IN DER