Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, Single Mount Example Hold 86 mm (w) x 39

86 mm (w) x 39

ISBN 0 540 07120 X

the reverse maker marked “HEIMATWERK OBERDONAU”

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 184 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, Single Mount Example Hold 86 mm (w) x 39(Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. Mrz 1938 Anschluss sterreich an Einzelbandschnalle). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single bar with horizontal pinback, 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 date of 13. MRZ 1938,