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

the obverse bearing two bands of interwoven gold bullion wire piping

A pair of collar tabs constructed of tan cotton twill

including one with nine decorations

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