Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac his tally had gone up

his tally had gone up to 172 victories

for the black wrapper

an HMCS Trail badge sewn in place on the left pocket

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 135 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac his tally had gone up(Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. Mrz 1938 mit Etui). 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 central date of 13. MRZ 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN VOLK, EIN