Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Medals & Decorations

Item #M0442-18

$101
(Medaillen). A lot of four medals, including an Anschluss Medal, constructed of 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, about a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central date of “13. MÄRZ 1938”, circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER” (“ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER”), unmarked, measuring 32.38 mm in diameter, weighing 17.0 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in fair condition; a Sudetenland Medal, constructed of 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, about a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central date of “1. OKTOBER 1938”, circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER” (“ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER”), unmarked, measuring 31.98 mm in diameter, weighing 14.5 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in fair condition; a Black Grade Wound Badge, constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36.74 mm (w) x 44.10 mm (h), weighing 12.6 grams, with some loss of finish evident, in very fine condition, and; a Reich Labour Service (RAD) Long Service Decoration, II Class, constructed of a silvered alloy, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a raised RAD insignia, the reverse bearing an inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IM REICHSARBEITSDIENST” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE REICH LABOUR SERVICE”), unmarked, measuring 32.84 mm (w) x 44.65 mm (h), weighing 8.9 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in better than very fine condition.