An Anschluss Medal, with Award Document, to SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Eberhard Freiherr von Künsberg.

Eberhard Max Paul Freiherr von Künsberg was born on 2 September 1909 in Speyer. His parents were early supporters of the NSDAP, and registered him for service in its youth detachment (later to become the HJ) as early as 1921. He joined the NSDAP and SS in 1929, as member 132,008 and 1,552, respectively. After completing law school at the University of Munich, von Künsberg worked as a consultant in the foreign policy department of the NSDAP, and became involved in SS equestrian activities. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was involved in harvesting files from neutral and enemy diplomatic missions in Poland, and later fulfilled the same duties the same duties in Western Europe. His diplomatic missions later extended to collecting stolen works of art for shipment to Germany,as well as facilitating ethnographic studies in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, for eventual use in ethnic cleansing,von Künsberg disappeared during the Siege of Budapest in early-to-mid February 1945,although an unconfirmed sighting was reported in Pomerania in April. He was declared dead in absentia in 1949. Document in extremely fine condition, certified by facsimile signature of Otto Meissner, measuring 21cm(w) x 30cm(h),Medal suspension ring marked L/58-Glaser and Sohn, Dresden;a complete set to a notable SS official.