A 1939 Reich Protectorate Over Bohemia & Moravia Commemorative Medal With Box Auction Silver Grade - in zinc

Silver Grade -  in zinc alloy

but was turned down

Gwendolyn Madge Richards (nee Choyce)

in September 1939

Men were falling fast

A 1939 Reich Protectorate Over Bohemia & Moravia Commemorative Medal With Box Auction Silver Grade - in zincSilver, maker marked "BAYER HAUPTMNZAMT" and marked "SILBER 900" (silver) on the edge, obverse illustrating a spread winged eagle standing upon a block bearing a swastika, a shield under the eagle's left wing bearing the Moravian coat of arms, the Bohemian lion crouching beside the block, surrounded by the inscription "REICHS PROTEKTORAT VBER BHMEN VUND MHREN", reverse illustrating a German Army helmet and shovel, backed by a map of the Bohemia and