| The Return of Sudetenland Commemorative Medal Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 |
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 The medal's obverse (left) and reverse (right). |
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| Awarded by Nazi Germany | |
| Type | Chest order |
| Eligibility | Military personnel |
| Awarded for | Awarded to all German military personnel who participated in the occupation of Sudetenland and the occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Following the Anschluss of Nazi Germany and Austria in March 1938 Nazi leader Adolf Hitler 's next target for annexation was Czechoslovakia Following the Anschluss of Nazi Germany and Austria in March 1938 Nazi leader Adolf Hitler 's next target for annexation was Czechoslovakia |
| Campaign | Interwar period |
| Statistics | |
| Established | October 18, 1938 |
| First awarded | October 18, 1938 |
| Last awarded | December 1, 1939 |
| Total awarded | 1,162,617 medals and 134,563 bars |
 The Prague Castle bar (Spange Prager Burg). Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
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The The Sudetenland Commemorative Medal (Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938) was a decoration of Nazi Germany awarded in the interwar period. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers
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Description
Instituted on October 18, 1938, the medal commemorated the return of the Sudetenland to Germany. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sudetenland ( Czech and Polish: Sudety) is the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the western regions of Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Once again Hitler employed skillful diplomacy, using brinkmanship as a dangerous tool to bring the Sudetenland under German control and paving the road for the annexation of Czechoslovakia. Following the Anschluss of Nazi Germany and Austria in March 1938 Nazi leader Adolf Hitler 's next target for annexation was Czechoslovakia
The medal was awarded to all German (and as well Sudeten) State officials and members of the German Wehrmacht and SS who marched into Sudetenland. Later it was awarded to military personnel participating in the occupation of the remnants of Czechoslovakia on March 15, 1939. Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
It was awarded until December 1, 1939. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In all 1,162,617 medals and 134,563 bars were awarded.
Background
The Sudetenland was a historical region comprising areas of the provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, in the vicinity of the Sudeten Mountains. Sudetenland ( Czech and Polish: Sudety) is the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the western regions of Sudeten may refer to the Sudeten mountains or Sudetes the Sudetenland the Sudeten Germans Though mostly German speaking, following Word War I the treaty of St. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Germain incorporated the area into the Czechoslovak Republic. The Czechoslovak Republic ( Československá republika) refers to the first Czechoslovak state that existed from 1918 to 1939 This had caused deep resentment in Germany, and a point of contention between Germany and Czechoslovakia. Throughout the 1930’s, economic troubles and unemployment drove many to the pro-German stance of Konrad Henlein and his cohorts, who founded the Sudeten German Party. DrJur Konrad Ernst Eduard Henlein ( May 6, 1898 - May 10, 1945) was the most important pro- Nazi politician in Czechoslovakia The Sudeten German Party (in German Sudetendeutsche Partei, abbreviation SdP) was created by Konrad Henlein under the name Sudetendeutsche Heimatfront In the summer of 1938, Hitler voiced support for the demands of the German population of the Sudetenland to be incorporated into the Reich. This grew to outright demand from Hitler to annex the area, and threatened war against the advice of his Generals who were sure Germany was not ready to stand up in a new widespread European conflict. Czechoslovakia mobilized, realizing that most of their fortifications and their natural barriers were on their borders and losing these would leave them defenseless. It was under these circumstances that the Munich Conference was held.
Present in Munich on September 29 were Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Édouard Daladier of France, Benito Mussolini of Italy, as well as Hitler and Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 &ndash 9 November 1940 was a British Conservative Politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Édouard Daladier (18 June 1884 - 10 October 1970 was a French Radical politician and Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World The French Third Republic (in French, La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (30 April 1893 – 16 October 1946 was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945 Representatives of Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union were not invited. Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Fearing another war and in the most infamous case of appeasement, the Sudetenland was turned over to Germany. Sudetenland ( Czech and Polish: Sudety) is the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the western regions of On October 1, 1938, German forces entered the Sudetenland and annexed the area to the Third Reich. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In order to commemorate this event, Hitler ordered the creation of the Sudetenland medal, which was instituted on October 18, 1938. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Design
The medal was similar in appearance as the Anschluss Medal, the reverse only differed in the date. The The Anschluss Commemorative Medal ( Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13 It was designed by Professor Richard Klein.
It is round and of the obverse there is a man standing of a podium with the Third Reich coat of arms and holding the Nazi flag, he holding the hand and helping him get on the podium of another man who had a broken shackle on his right hand, this symbolize the joining to the Reich of Austria. On the reverse side is the inscription "1. Oktober 1938" (October 1, 1938). Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The date is surrounded with the words "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer" (One People, One Empire, One Leader).
The medal was dye-struck and high in detail, with a bronze finish. Bronze is any of a broad range of Copper alloys, usually with Tin as the main additive but sometimes with other elements such as Phosphorus The medal was suspended from a black ribbon with a red stripe in the middle, these being the colors of the Sudetenland.
Prague Castle Bar
For those who had participated in both the occupation of the Sudetenland and the annexation of Bohemia and Moravia on March 15, 1939, a bronze Bar (Spange Prager Burg in German) was approved on May 1, 1939. Bohemia (Čechy; Bohemia Czechy is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands, currently the Moravia (Morava; Morawy Moravie Moravia is a historical region in central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, one of the former Czech lands. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. This Bar featured the Prague Castle on the obverse with two triangular prongs in the back, which held it on the ribbon. Prague Castle (Pražský hrad is a Castle in Prague where the Czech kings Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia The bar was like the medal dye-struck and high in detail, with a bronze finish
See also
- Occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany
- Interwar era
- Munich Agreement
- Sudetenland
- German Occupation Medals
- Anschluss Medal
- Memel Medal
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