Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, by the Berlin Mint Auction Archive minor contact to enamels

minor contact to enamels

measuring 16mm x 17mm

Emperor Alexander I awarded him the Order of St

with the exposed areas wrapped in a dark brown leather

measuring 46 m x 25 mm

Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, by the Berlin Mint Auction Archive minor contact to enamels(Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, above a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE HEIMKEHR DES MEMELLANDES 22. MARCH 1939 (TO COMMEMORATE THE RETURN OF