Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Hold the obverse bearing a central

the obverse bearing a central raised and rightward-facing profile of Tsarina Catherine II (“the Great”)

1889 in Peel

the case measures 135mm (w) x 290mm (h) x 45mm (d)

A First World War combatant’s medal bar

inscribed in handwritten black ink to Dr

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Hold the obverse bearing a central(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 date of 13. MRZ 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN VOLK, EIN