The 1 October 1938 Commemorative Medal (Sudetenland Medal) Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 | |
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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] |
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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.
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