Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, with Case Hold (Orden Del Merito Civil)

(Orden Del Merito Civil)

to which we responded promptly

with a reinstitution date of “1939”

and Military Order of the Loyal Legion

white cotton lined)

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, with Case Hold (Orden Del Merito Civil)(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