Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Cased Medals for Civil and Occupation Service certificate_of_authenticity 8 mm (w) x 41

8 mm (w) x 41 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

maker marked “RZM M1/24” (Overhoff & Cie

He acquired work as a Harbourmaster-Launchman at Whakatane

He entered the European theatre on August 10

Several vessels were requisitioned from Germany's three largest shipping companies: Hamburg-Amerika Line

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Cased Medals for Civil and Occupation Service certificate_of_authenticity 8 mm (w) x 41(Medaillen mit Etui). A pair of medals, including: 1. A Sudetenland Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, above a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central date of 1. OKTOBER 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN