Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar for Occupation Service

(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for occupation service featuring two decorations, including:

1. An Anschluss Medal, constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with 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 “13. MÄRZ 1938”, circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER” (“ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER”), unmarked, measuring 32.27 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.

2. A Sudetenland Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with Prague Castle Bar, 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 FÜHRER” (“ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER”), unmarked, measuring 32.12 mm in diameter, demonstrating minor oxidation, in near extremely fine condition.

Both suspended from 70 mm-long zink bar with a horizontal pinback and dark grey wool liner, with a small patch of mothing visible to the liner, in overall extremely fine condition.