Germany, Third Reich. A Sudetenland Medal with Case
(Sudetenland-Medaille). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension, the obverse presents 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 clutching a wreathed mobile swastika directly below, the reverse presents with the date “1. Oktober 1938” centrally and is circumscribed “EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER” (“One People, One Empire, One Leader”), unmarked, measuring 32.5 mm in diameter, comes with period original case constructed of heavy card stock with a red faux leather exterior, German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika embossed on the outside of the lid, functional magnetic metal clasp with exterior stud release, functional magnetic metal exterior hinge, interior features white satin-type lid line and red felt bottom insert with recessed medal bed, measuring 103 mm (l) x 47 mm (w), in overall very fine condition.

