Germany, Third Reich. A Return Of Memel Commemorative Medal GTRexclude Footnote: This die struck example

Footnote: This die struck example is much thicker and heavier than standard crosses which weigh around 22 to 25 grams

The medal was instituted on in 1933

Medals affixed to appropriate ribbons on a 94 mm long metal bar

blackish-blue felt medal bed

including the dates “1810” and “1910

Germany, Third Reich. A Return Of Memel Commemorative Medal GTRexclude Footnote: This die struck example(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 wreathed inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE HEIMKEHR DES MEMELLANDES 22. MRZ 1939 (IN COMMEMORATION OF THE