1 oktober 1938 medal

OriginalMedaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938(1st October 1938 Commemorative Medal), awarded to German military and civilian personnel who participated in the annexation of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich. The bronze-finished medal features a design showing a man with a Nazi flag helping another step over a broken boundary stone marked 'Tschechoslowakei' (Czechoslovakia), symbolizing the unification. The reverse bears the inscription 'Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer' and the date '1. Oktober 1938.' Often issued with its original red, white, and black ribbon, and occasionally accompanied by the Prague Castle Bar for those involved in the March 1939 occupation of Bohemia and Moravia.