when the Luftwaffe failed to stop the Allied bombing of German cities and was unable to resupply German forces trapped in the Battle of Stalingrad
which comes from a family
Hamburg Hanseaten Cross in silvered bronze
inscribed F
5 mm and 18
Germany, Third. An Anschluss Medal, With Case, By The Vienna Mint United Republic of when the Luftwaffe failed to(Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. Mrz 1938 mit Etui). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse with two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, the reverse with a central date of 13. MRZ 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FHRER, (ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER), measuring 32. 10 mm