Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Hold " The order was remarkable

" The order was remarkable because Richardson was at that time serving as Quartermaster without responsibility to give commands

A First World War combatant’s medal bar

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

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

inscribed in handwritten black ink to Dr

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Hold " The order was remarkable(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