Medal commemorating the October 1, 1938, annexation of the Sudetenland by Nazi Germany
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The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Emily Heyser.
1938 October 01
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Medal commemorating the October 1, 1938, annexation of the Sudetenland by Nazi Germany
overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
Commemorative medal awarded to soldiers of the Third Reich who participated in the October 1, 1938, annexation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia by Germany. It was designed by Richard Klein and features two male figures representing the Sudetenland being freed from its shackles by Nazi Germany. The Sudetenland was a region of Czechoslovakia on the border with Germany where the majority of the population were ethnic Germans. In 1938, Hitler threatened to go to war unless the territory was ceded to Germany. At a conference in Munich on September 29-30, attended by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany, but not the democratic government of Czechoslovakia, the borders of Czechoslovakia were revised and the region was annexed to Germany in return for a pledge of peace from Hitler.
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Die cast bronze colored, circular medal with a front relief image of 2 nude men: the figure on the right carries a flag with a swastika in his left hand; his right hand is on the shoulder of the other figure who wears shackles and a broken chain. They stand atop a Reichsadler, a dexter facing eagle gripping a wreath with a swastika in its talons. The reverse has embossed text around the edge and an embossed date in the center. At the top is a bale with a suspension ring.