A German Defence Wall (West Wall) Medal In Its Packet Of Issue By Friedrich Orth Of Vienna Hold number 23171

number 23171

blue enamelled highlight plate in the voided area of the centrepiece

David Francis Larmour

but was then redirected to lay minefields in German waters

A German Defence Wall (West Wall) Medal In Its Packet Of Issue By Friedrich Orth Of Vienna Hold number 23171A third reich period Deutsches Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen; in bronze; on a loop for suspension; with its period original shortened ribbon; the obverse with a crossed shovel and sword in the centre, and a concrete pillbox bunker directly below, as well as with the German national eagle above, all within an oak leaf wreath; the reverse inscribed Fr Arbeit zum schutze Deutschlands (For labour for the protection of Germany) within an oak wreath; measuring