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Here is your chance to pick up a “flower wars” medal complete with the case. This Sudetenland annexation medal is a nice and clean strike that is very sharp. Excellent bronze finish and looks great on display! Instituted on 18 October 1938, the medal was awarded to German military personnel who participated in the occupation of Sudetenland and the occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. The medal was awarded to all German (and as well Sudeten) State officials and members of the German Wehrmacht and SS who marched into the Sudetenland. Later it was awarded to personnel participating in the occupation of the remnants of Czechoslovakia on 15 March 1939. It was awarded until 31 December 1940. In all 1,162,617 medals were awarded. For those who had participated in both the occupation of the Sudetenland and the annexation of Bohemia and Moravia on 15 March 1939, a bronze Castle Bar was approved on 1 May 1939. This Bar featured the Prague Castle on the obverse with two triangular prongs in the back, which held it on the ribbon of the prior awarded Sudetenland medal. 134,563 bars were awarded. Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!
