Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, with Case certificate_of_authenticity he held the rank of

he held the rank of Oberst (Colonel)

sew-on version with dual holes for attachment

A gold grade DRL (National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise/Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) sports badge

exhibiting soiling throughout from active use

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, with Case certificate_of_authenticity he held the rank of(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 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 raised date of 13. MRZ 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN