Germany, Third Reich. A Sudetenland Medal, with Prague Castle Bar and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Hold and much besides

and much besides

At the beginning of the Second War Folttmann took command of Infantry Division 256

the reverse with studio marks and bearing a handwritten inscription and Feldpost marks from Infanterie-Division 10

A brief stint on the Eastern Front was followed by another shift westward

before being transferred to the Seaford Highlanders

Germany, Third Reich. A Sudetenland Medal, with Prague Castle Bar and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Hold and much besides(Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange Prager Burg und Etui). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with Prague Castle, the obverse bearing two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flat and the other a length of broken chain, the reverse bearing a central date of 1. OKTOBER 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FHRER (ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER),