Medal and ribbon commemorating the 1938 Anschluss of Austria
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The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Marilyn and Sefton Tallman.
1938 March 13
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Medal and ribbon commemorating the 1938 Anschluss of Austria
overall: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
Medal and ribbon commemorating the Anschluss of Austria by Nazi Germany.
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Circular, bronze medal attached at point to a cloth ribbon with a center red stripe, bordered by yellow, black, and yellow stripes. The front depicts two naked men, one holding a flag pole with a banner; the other is stepping onto a platform. embossed with the symbol of the Nazi eagle holding a wreath with a swastika inside. The reverse has German text around the edges.
reverse, swastika between phrases, embossed : EIN REICH / EIN FÜHRER / EIN VOLK [ONE REICH / ONE FUHRER / ONE PEOPLE] reverse, center, embossed : 13. / MÄRZ / 1938