Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Archive white metal insignia and beaver

white metal insignia and beaver icon mounted to a bronze gilt base

age-appropriate material fatigue is evident to the outer leather shell

two intact clips on the reverse

and other awards by Joseph

The letter is a poem

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Archive white metal insignia and beaver(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