Germany, Third Reich. A Sudetenland Medal GTRexclude the helmet measures 187 mm

the helmet measures 187 mm (w) x 278 mm (h)

was held up by a strong enemy position surrounded by wire and from which a large number of stick grenades were being thrown

Stitched onto the peak is a gilded aluminum Labour-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

A well worn but also well preserved example of a standard issue EM/NCO’s Wehrmacht Heer (Army) belt and buckle

Germany, Third Reich. A Sudetenland Medal GTRexclude the helmet measures 187 mm(Sudetenland Medaille). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original parade mounted ribbon with a horizontal pinback and field grey wool reverse liner, the obverse bearing two raised figures one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, above a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central date of 1. OKTOBER 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN