Germany, Third Reich. A Sudetenland Medal, with Prague Castle Bar and Case Archive on an original teardrop-shaped suspension

on an original teardrop-shaped suspension loop with a postwar replacement ribbon

very light crazing in the enamels otherwise the enamels are intact

This transitional example remains in a better than very fine condition

his trade is listed as "Factory Hand" and he was officially diagnosed with "Spinal Caries" (AKA tuberculous spondylitis

76 mm (w) x 84

Germany, Third Reich. A Sudetenland Medal, with Prague Castle Bar and Case Archive on an original teardrop-shaped suspension(Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange Prager Burg und Etui). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with a Prague Castle Bar, 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