Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, Type I, by the Berlin Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the French flag and the

the French flag and the Russian flag

de Hertel with a strength of 25 officers and 573 other ranks

s Badge in silver and enamels

measuring 54 mm x 43 mm

contact marks and surface wear

Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, Type I, by the Berlin Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the French flag and the(Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a postwar replacement ribbon, the obverse bearing two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, the reverse bearing an inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE HEIMKEHR DES MEMELLANDES 22. MRZ 1939 (IN MEMORY OF THE HOMECOMING OF MEMELLAND 22 MARCH 1939), unmarked but demonstrating the