Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case United Republic of The owner is member no

The owner is member no

a small piece of the mesh backer missing on the tip of the right wing

the Pour le Mérite measuring 53

The two men were in the same company and the error likely occurred when they handed out the medals

A 1937 Mit der KDF (Kraft durch Freude/Strength Through Joy) zur Rundfunkausstellung badge

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case United Republic of The owner is member no(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