Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Auction Archive stamped "Begen Unsfalls ber Deutschlandfahrt

stamped "Begen Unsfalls ber Deutschlandfahrt Lastabwurf bei Nordamerikafahrt" (North America)

marked on the base of the pendilia and the elongated suspension ring with an FR in a diamond denoting Rothe manufacturing

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

the Regiment's service has included Operation Recuperation

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

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Auction Archive stamped "Begen Unsfalls ber Deutschlandfahrt(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