Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, Type I, by the Berlin Mint Republic of Standard iron cross 2nd class

Standard iron cross 2nd class

humanistic and social nature

with a piece of the wood missing on one side where the curvature becomes pronounced

dated "1940" and size stamped "56" on the underside on the right

In his Form of Will

Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, Type I, by the Berlin Mint Republic of Standard iron cross 2nd class(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