Germany, Third Reich. A Return Of Memel Commemorative Medal, With Case Auction Archive inscribed "Hauptquartier

inscribed "Hauptquartier

and is still intact today

with various icons of war on either side (rifle

It was founded as part of the Spanish Army’s restructuring of 1940

We were being surrounded so had been forced to withdraw

Germany, Third Reich. A Return Of Memel Commemorative Medal, With Case Auction Archive inscribed "Hauptquartier(Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, above a NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE HEIMKEHR DES MEMELLANDES 22. MRZ 1939 (IN COMMEMORATION OF