Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, by the Berlin Mint GTRexclude and a Medal of Suffering

and a Medal of Suffering for the Fatherland

A United States Army artillery officer’s button

the Order was reinstated on October 5

Footnote: The Thüringen State School for Leadership and Politics was established by the NSDAP after 1933 in order to “educate” and indoctrinate young teachers into the NSDAP philosophy and teachings

a superb primary account in overall extremely fine condition

Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, by the Berlin Mint GTRexclude and a Medal of Suffering(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