Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Auction Archive on a period-original ribbon with

on a period-original ribbon with a horizontal pinback sewn onto the reverse

Instituted 1883

exhibiting scattered mothing on both sides)

measures 16 cm (w) x 25 cm (l) x 9

Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Auction Archive on a period-original ribbon with(Deutsches Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen). 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 sword and shovel and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR ARBEIT ZUM SCHUTZE DEUTSCHLANDS (FOR WORK IN THE DEFENCE OF GERMANY), unmarked, measuring 33. 43 mm (w) x 46. 45 mm (h),