Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Medal and ribbon commemorating the Anschluss of Austria by Nazi Germany.
- Date
-
commemoration:
1938 March 13
- Geography
-
issue:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eugene Silver
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
-
Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Circular, bronze colored metal medal attached at point to a grosgrain 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, swatike between each phrase, 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 Anchluss medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Eugene Silver.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-31 10:43:58
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36164
Also in Eugene Silver collection
The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs associated with the history of the Nazi Party in Germany from approximately 1933-1945.
Date: 1933-1945
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Object
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Object
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Nazi Germany, 5 reichspfennig coin
Object
5 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
Nazi Germany, 5 reichspfennig coin
Object
5 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
Nazi Germany, 10 reichspfennig coin
Object
10 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
Nazi Germany, 10 reichspfennig coin
Object
10 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
Nazi Germany, 10 reichspfennig coin
Object
10 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
Nazi Germany, 10 reichspfennig coin
Object
10 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
Nazi Germany, 10 reichspfennig coin
Object
10 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
Eugene Silver papers
Document
Consists of Nazi-related material from the collection of Eugene Silver. Includes cigarette cards, pre-war paper currency, photographs of SS training and of the German landscape and decor, photographs of a Nazi ceremony seemingly taken at FAG Kugelfischer (a fuel injection parts plant), an advertisement for a hotel in Coburg, and an ad to sell blank Nazi diaries/day planners for 1940.