Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case certificate_of_authenticity then later transferred as a

then later transferred as a reinforcement to the 54th Infantry Battalion "Kootenay Battalion"

without rivets

4mm(w) x 56

maker marked "DRAGO PARIS" and marked "DÉPOSÉ" (Deposit) on the reverse

and with a single raised lion’s head medallion which secures in place a decorative two-piece silvered bronze chinstrap

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case certificate_of_authenticity then later transferred as a(Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. Mrz 1938 mit Etui). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon 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 central inscription of 13. MRZ 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN