Sudetenland Medal
| The 1 October 1938 Commemorative Medal (Sudetenland Medal) Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 | |
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The medal's obverse (left) and reverse (right) | |
| Type | Occupation medal |
| Awarded for | Participation in the occupations of Sudetenland in October 1938 and Czechoslovakia in March 1939 |
| Presented by | Nazi Germany |
| Eligibility | Military personnel and others |
| Campaign(s) | Interwar period |
| Established | 18 October 1938 |
| Final award | 31 December 1940 |
| Total | 1,162,617 medals and 134,563 bars |
The Prague Castle bar (Spange Prager Burg) | |
The 1 October 1938 Commemorative Medal (German: Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938) was commonly known as the Sudetenland Medal. It was a decoration of Nazi Germany awarded during the interwar period, and the second in a series of Occupation Medals.