Germany, Third Reich. A Return Of Memel Commemorative Medal United Republic of Simard 9e BAT

Simard 9e BAT

per Major General Albert Bruce Matthews

107 mm x 203 mm

His Index Card states that he was entitled to the British War Medal and the Victory Medal

Helen Francis McDiarmid

Germany, Third Reich. A Return Of Memel Commemorative Medal United Republic of Simard 9e BAT(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