Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Auction Without sash

Without sash

measuring 21 cm (w) x 192 cm (l)

Czechslovakia

measuring 155 mm (w) x 258 mm (h)

Reduced Size (sterling silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Auction Without sash(Deutsches Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse with a central raised pillbox, topped by a crossed sword and shovel and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR ARBEIT ZUM SCHUTZE DEUTSCHLANDS (FOR WORK IN THE DEFENCE OF GERMANY),