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| | K- 553 | | | | BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA MADE A PROTECTORATE
| | | | 1938, Cast Bronze Commemorative Medallion, 118.4mm., 352.80, Rim-punched, K•GœTz | | | | Obverse: German eagle with spread wings, as though to protect, over cowering, resistent Czech lion. | | | | Reverse: "The Reich under Adolf Hitler." New and larger map showing Germany under Hitler. Soldier helmet over shovel. Pearled border.
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| | In March 1939 Germany dissolved Czecho-Slovakia and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Slovakia became an independent state. German troops occupy Prague and the population greets them with raised fists and tears of despair.
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