Germany, (Third Reich) Silver Medal 1939 - Formation of the “Greater German Reich” 20.57g. Silver 0.835. 35mm. UNC/AU. Vienna Mint. Hallmarks on the edge: MÜNZAMT, WIEN, А , 835. Medalier: Eduard H. Hanisch-Concée. Colbert/Hyder 116; Hauser 777 (obverse). Obv.: Head of Adolf Hitler right. Legend: DER EINER UND FÜHRER ALLER DEUTSCHEN (The One and Leader of All Germans). Rev.: Imperial orb with the years 1938 / 1939. Legend: DAS GROSSDEUTSCHE REICH IST ERSTANDEN (The Greater German Reich Has Arisen). The medal refers to the territorial expansion of Nazi Germany in 1938-1939. Austria was annexed by Germany in March 1938, and in March 1939 German forces occupied Bohemia and Moravia and established the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. These developments formed part of the dismantling of Czechoslovakia and the expansion of German control in Central Europe before the outbreak of the Second World War.