Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Decorations for the Anschluss and Pact of Steel Hold Nyíregyháza

Nyíregyháza

was that of Lieutenant Josef "Jos" Ghys in Operation Chaucer

Stitched onto the upper breasts are eight-celled gazyrs retaining period symbolic rifle charges constructed of wooden shafts with intricately-decorated silvered bronze caps

where he was diagnosed with "Pleurisy" (inflammation of the pleurae

Military Merit Cross - 3rd Class

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Decorations for the Anschluss and Pact of Steel Hold Nyíregyháza(Auszeichungen). A pair of decorations, including: 1. An Anschluss Medal, constructed of silvered 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 date of 13. MRZ 1938, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN VOLK,