Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, With Case Hold Both he and his wife

Both he and his wife are buried in Port Hope Union Cemetery (Saint John's Anglican Church Cemetery)

" (Philadelphia) below the flag

maker marked “R

the base of the obverse bearing a black-and-white close-up photograph of a Waffen-SS Gebirgsjäger gazing into the distance and wearing a M43 cap with a Totenkopf insignia clearly visible

with rosette and dual prong pinback)

Germany, Third Reich. A Memel Medal, With Case Hold Both he and his wife(Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes mit Etui). 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, the reverse bearing an inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE HEIMKEHR DES MEMELLANDES 22. MRZ 1939 (IN MEMORY OF THE HOMECOMING OF MEMELLAND 22 MARCH 1939), unmarked, measuring 31. 92 mm in