Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, by the Berlin Mint Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic After the last contract of

After the last contract of numbered medals were exhausted

In cast gilt zinc

green oxidation evident on the reverse of the crown suspension

the bombardment increasing in intensity as the operation developed

maker marked with H-H

Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, by the Berlin Mint Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic After the last contract of(Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes). 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, above a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE HEIMKEHR DES MEMELLANDES 22. MARCH 1939 (TO COMMEMORATE THE RETURN OF