It's a neat story, and of course by the time the Germans were almost there, disposing of the gold was the only option. But it's a strange interpretation of the

It's a neat story, and of course by the time the Germans were almost there, disposing of the gold was the only option. But it's a strange interpretation of the word "saved" (or perhaps "medals") in the title that makes the claim that this process actually saved the medals themselves, since they had to be recoined later.