Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Auction Archive and edged with light Meadow-green

and edged with light Meadow-green rayon waffenfarbe piping

the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a central gilt monogram of Franz Joseph I

It may seem like a reckless risk of life in recovering those tools

In gilt on Maltese cross and blue and white enamels

Luxembourg etc

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Auction Archive and edged with light Meadow-green(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