Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, Type I, by the Berlin Mint certificate_of_authenticity measuring 47 mm (w) x

measuring 47 mm (w) x 51 mm (h)

topped by a Wehrmacht eagle

While minor

suffering a gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his right arm near the elbow

Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, Type I, by the Berlin Mint certificate_of_authenticity measuring 47 mm (w) x(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