The Czech/Sudetenland Annexation Medal Instituted as a campaign medal on 18 October 1938.
The translation of the actual name of the medal is "The Medal to Commemorate 1 October 1938".
The Medal was awarded to all German (Sudeten) State officials and members of the Wehrmacht and SS who marched into the Sudetenland on 1 October 1938. It was also awarded to occupying forces in Czechoslovakia on 15 March 1939.
Awarding of this medal ended on 1 December 1939.
Requirements are:
• Marched into the Sudetenland during the Annexation
or
• Part of the occupying force in Czechoslovakia on 15 March 1939
Approximately 1,162,617 medals were awarded.
Rectangular bar (31x11 mm) was made of bronze and fixed to the medal’s ribbon by two short triangular prongs on its reverse. Its design was created by a sculptor Eduard Hanisch-Concée whose initials (“H.C.”) can be found in the lower left corner of the castle image.
Totally 134,563 Prague Castle bars were awarded.