Decoration of Nazi Germany awarded in the interwar period
Award
The 1 October 1938 Commemorative Medal (Sudetenland Medal) Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
The medal's obverse (left) and reverse (right)
Type
Occupation medal
Awarded for
Participation in the occupations of Sudetenland in October 1938 and Czechoslovakia in March 1939
Presented by
Nazi Germany
Eligibility
Military personnel and others
Campaign(s)
Interwar period
Established
18 October 1938
Last awarded
31 December 1940
Total
1,162,617 medals and 134,563 bars[1]
The Prague Castle bar (Spange Prager Burg)
The 1 October 1938 Commemorative Medal (German: Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938) was commonly known as the Sudetenland Medal. It was a decoration of Nazi Germany awarded during the interwar period, and the second in a series of Occupation Medals.
1938 Commemorative Medal (German: Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938) was commonly known as the SudetenlandMedal. It was a decoration...
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