(Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938)

Date Instituted

18 October 1938

Requirements

Participation in the annexation of the Sudetenland or Bohemia and Moravia.

Number Awarded

1.162.617 + 134.563 (Spange)

Award Document

SS-Unterscharfuhrer Wilhelm Brennecke


Leutnant Joachim Peeck


Oberfeldwebel Willi Rohrbach (with the Prague Castle Bar)

Ribbon worn on the ribbon bar

Estimated price (2009)

Medal - € 25
Prague Castle Bar - € 60

SS-Mann wearing the Commemorative Medal of 1 October 1938

(Courtesy of Gary)

Unteroffizier König from a Propagandakompanie

(Courtesy of Bundesarchiv/Wikimedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3 0 Germany)

Comments

It was designed by Professor Richard Klein.

Those who took part in both occupations was awarded the Prague Castle Bar (Spange Prager Burg) to be worn on the ribbon.

Photo courtesy of N & T Global Trading, The Ruptured Duck, N & T Global Trading & Craig Wagner

Sources used

Christopher Ailsby - World War 2 German medals and political awards
John R. Angolia - For Führer and Fatherland: Military awards of the Third Reich
David Littlejohn - Orders, decorations, medals and badges of the Third Reich
Detlev Niemann - Price Guide Germany 1871-1945 (2009)