Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Three Medals

(Medaillen). A lot of three medals, including a Spanish Medal for the Campaign of 1936-1939, a rounded medal constructed of bronze, obverse applique in bronze patination exhibiting a fierce lion defeating a fall dragon with an underneath four central gilt swords, beneath of a bright sun and the date 17 JULIO 1936 (July 17, 1936), for the beginning of the Civil War, circumscribed by a gilded ornamented border, the reverse in bronze patination presenting the royal symbol of the Arrows and Yoke, a typical Spanish helm, and a period Spanish coat of arms, all of them beneath of a gilded flying eagle, surrounded by a border inscribed ARRIBA ESPAÑA GEss M FANG UNA GRANDE LIBRE IMPERIAL M. ESP. GLR, measuring 36.40 mm in diameter, light contact, on original Front Service ribbon with a traditional Spanish-style horizontal hanger with pinback, very fine.

A Sudetenland Medal, a round medal, the obverse with two raised male figures, the one on the right bearing the German flag in his left hand, with his right hand placed around the shoulders of the figure on the left, with broken chains around his right arm (symbolic of the liberation of the Sudeten Germans from Czechoslovak oppression), with the German eagle directly below, the reverse with the date 1. Oktober 1938 centrally and circumscribed EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER (One People, One Empire, One Leader), unmarked, measuring 32.34 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original ribbon, with horizontal pinback, and in overall very fine condition.

An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Silver Grade, constructed of silvered bronze with multi-coloured enamels, sun rays emanating between the arms of a Latin Cross from the centre applique, central medallion depicting a black enameled swastika ringed by a raised inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (The German Mother), reverse inscribed with institution date of 16 Dezember 1938 and facsimile of the Führer and Reichskanzler, measuring 35.99 mm (w) x 45.80 mm (h), on loop for suspension from period original ribbon, and in near extremely fine condition.