Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar for Long Service and Sudetenland Occupation

(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring two awards, including:

1. A Wehrmacht 4-Year Long Service Award, constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with Heer/Kriegsmarine device, the obverse bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of “TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT” (“FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT”), the reverse bearing a wreathed number “4”, unmarked, measuring 30.33 mm in diameter, demonstrating minor loss of finish to the base metal, an uncommon non-magnetic variant in very fine condition.

2. A Sudetenland Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with a Prague Castle Bar, 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 raised date of “1. OKTOBER 1938”, circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER” (“ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER”), unmarked, measuring 32.14 mm in diameter, demonstrating minor loss of finish, in better than very fine condition.

Both suspended from a 70 mm-long zink bar with a horizontal pinback and dark green wool backer, in near extremely fine condition.