Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Decorations for the Anschluss and Pact of Steel visually-hidden the reverse consists of brass

the reverse consists of brass base and screws

unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Arthus Bertrand of Paris

the son of Josef Lautenschlager (✝July 31

Also intact is the leather reinforcing that runs the perimeter of the tail

likely from previous mounting

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Decorations for the Anschluss and Pact of Steel visually-hidden the reverse consists of brass(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,