Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, With Case United Republic of the lid marked in gold-coloured

the lid marked in gold-coloured ink "C

His wife Elizabeth

along with a "fullness" in the head and had sinusitis before enlisting

snap closure on the ribbon marked "SUN KING"

Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, With Case United Republic of the lid marked in gold-coloured(Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes mit Etui). 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, 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, measuring 31. 92 mm in