Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Medal and ribbon commemorating the Anschluss of Austria by Nazi Germany.
- Date
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commemoration:
1938 March 13
- Geography
-
issue:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marilyn and Sefton Tallman
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Circular, bronze medal attached at point to a cloth ribbon with a center red stripe, bordered by yellow, black, and yellow stripes. The front depicts two naked men, one holding a flag pole with a banner; the other is stepping onto a platform. embossed with the symbol of the Nazi eagle holding a wreath with a swastika inside. The reverse has German text around the edges.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, cloth, adhesive, thread
- Inscription
- reverse, swastika between phrases, embossed : EIN REICH / EIN FÜHRER / EIN VOLK [ONE REICH / ONE FUHRER / ONE PEOPLE]
reverse, center, embossed : 13. / MÄRZ / 1938
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- National socialism--Austria.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Marilyn and Sefton Tallman.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-31 10:36:42
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn3346
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