Germany, Third Reich. A Sudetenland Medal, With Case Archive Constructed of fire gilded bronze

Constructed of fire gilded bronze with blackened metal (magnetic) and a red felt core

Gray embroidery on a maroon wool field

the arms bearing a gilt inscription of “POUR LE MÉRITE”

obverse displaying a crowned bear on top of a fortress wall

Germany, Third Reich. A Sudetenland Medal, With Case Archive Constructed of fire gilded bronze(Sudetenland Medaille mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 raised date of 1. OKTOBER 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FHRER (ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE