Germany, Third Reich. A Return Of Memel Commemorative Medal With Case Auction Archive Rīga” on reverse of screwback

Rīga” on reverse of screwback

gilt bronze insignia on a red enameled circle

gold and red enamelled suspension

Medal of the German Honour Legion (bronze

measuring 35 mm (w) x 58 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

Germany, Third Reich. A Return Of Memel Commemorative Medal With Case Auction Archive Rīga” on reverse of screwback(Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, above a NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE HEIMKEHR DES MEMELLANDES 22. MRZ 1939 (IN COMMEMORATION OF