Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Commemorative Anschluss Plaque Auction 1916 by the Municipal Council

1916 by the Municipal Council of Verdun

thin construction (so called thin wreath)

centrepiece slightly askew

all hand worked silver bullion wire with lettering "VIRTUS NOBILI TAT" on the blue satin centrepiece

He studied law and political science in Berlin (doctor's degree 1921)

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Commemorative Anschluss Plaque Auction 1916 by the Municipal Council(Anschluss sterreichs Erinnerungsplakette). Constructed of patinated bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and highly detailed leftward facing profile of AH, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN EWIGER TRAUM DER DEUTSCHEN MENSCHEN WURDE VERWIRKLICHT (AN ETERNAL DREAM OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE BECAME A REALITY), with a date of 13. MAERZ 1938, the reverse hollow and with an integral suspension loop, unmarked, measuring 235 mm in diameter, with minor signs