Original German WWII Austrian Anschluss Commemorative Medal - March 1938 Brown Bess Measures approximately 5 1/4" x

Measures approximately 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" x 2 1/2"

that today we refer to as Turkey

The blade ricasso has the standard 6 pointed star around a brass plug stamped PROVED / T

The trench whistle is a great example with the chain hanging off of the left breast pocket button

The interior of the shell is painted with post-war paint and symbols

Original German WWII Austrian Anschluss Commemorative Medal - March 1938 Brown Bess Measures approximately 5 1/4" xOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Anschluss Commemorative Medal was a decoration of NSDAP Germany awarded during the interwar period, and the first in a series of Occupation Medals. The circular, highly detailed, die struck medal was based on the 1938 Party Day Badge and designed by Professor Richard Klein. On the obverse, a man holding the NSDAP flag stands on a podium bearing the eagle emblem of the Third Reich; he assists a second man onto the