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 near very fine condition with

near very fine condition with some majority of bronzing having worn off due to age and wear

when as reported by Lieutenant-Colonel William J

with seven wooden sticks in between

34mm (w) x 35

along with faint scratches common to extraction and return to the scabbard

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 near very fine condition with(Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a postwar replacement ribbon, with the integral ring demonstrating the classic off centre situation characteristic of this variation, 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.