Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Sudetenland Annexation Commemorative Badge Auction Archive Instituted June 1740 by Friedrich

Instituted June 1740 by Friedrich II (“the Great”) of Prussia

including one with nine decorations

and Day of the Two Crosses Stickpin (in aluminum with red paint

70mm (w) x 30

Collectors the world over who are familiar with the previous editions of Major Gordon's much loved work will be pleased to note that the basic

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Sudetenland Annexation Commemorative Badge Auction Archive Instituted June 1740 by Friedrich(Sudetenland Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing of a central raised inscription of DIE HEIMET FREI 1. 10. X. 1938 (THE HOMELAND IS FREE 1 10 OCTOBER 1938), circumscribed by an inscription of WIR DANKEN UNSEREM FHRER! (WE THANK OUR FHRER!) and a cluster of oak leaves bearing a central insignia of the Sudetendeutscher Heimetbund (Sudeten German Homeland Association), unmarked, measuring 47 mm