Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, Single Mount Example Hold hoisted the German Naval Ensign

hoisted the German Naval Ensign and scuttled his ship

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 184 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

86 mm (w) x 39

Butson climbed extensively in the Canadian Rockies

Zimmermann’s ruined Pforzheim factory

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, Single Mount Example Hold hoisted the German Naval Ensign(Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. Mrz 1938 Anschluss sterreich an Einzelbandschnalle). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single bar 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 date of 13. MRZ 1938,