Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Archive minor enamel contact and wear

minor enamel contact and wear

21 mm (w) x 88

Free of fabric interruption and wear

better than very fine condition with light scuffing and soiling of the cover

Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Archive minor enamel contact and wear(Deutsches Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 2 August 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a raised pillbox topped by a crossed shovel and sword 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),