Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, by the Berlin Mint Archive " He was diagnosed with

" He was diagnosed with Appendicitis and had the appendix removed two days later

of good quality

worn by SS-Sturmbannführer

The wound was suffered in later December 1943

Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, by the Berlin Mint Archive " He was diagnosed with(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