Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Decorations for the Anschluss and Pact of Steel Hold Military Merit Cross - 3rd

Military Merit Cross - 3rd Class

The sword is still carried in the original very large iron scabbard with two hanging rings

exhibiting very light contact and matching wear

and Commissionaires Long Service Medal (Lieutenant F E Moss)

where he was diagnosed with "Pleurisy" (inflammation of the pleurae

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Decorations for the Anschluss and Pact of Steel Hold Military Merit Cross - 3rd(Auszeichungen). A pair of decorations, including: 1. An Anschluss Medal, 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 date of 13. MRZ 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN VOLK,