Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Auction Reduced Size (sterling silver

Reduced Size (sterling silver

with all due pomp and ceremony

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

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

white and red rayon threads

Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Auction Reduced Size (sterling silver(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),