Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, by the Berlin Mint certificate_of_authenticity with prop and wings insignia

with prop and wings insignia visible on his shoulder board

This meant that the Marechaussee lost its military status and the predicate Royal

the latter bearing an inscription of “EHRENKREUZ DER FELD ARTILLERIE” (“HONOUR CROSS OF THE FIELD ARTILLERY”)

Austria: WWI War Commemorative Medal 1914-1918 (bronze

demonstrating some surface oxidation throughout the award

Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, by the Berlin Mint certificate_of_authenticity with prop and wings insignia(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