Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Decorations for the Anschluss and Pact of Steel Hold The sword is still carried

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

and Commissionaires Long Service Medal (Lieutenant F E Moss)

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

was that of Lieutenant Josef "Jos" Ghys in Operation Chaucer

the other with a screwback)

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Decorations for the Anschluss and Pact of Steel Hold The sword is still carried(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,