Description
on suspension with foldover metal prongs
vertical pin-back flanked by dual prongs
accompanied by its period original storage card
meeting a gilt button
Germany, Third Reich. A West Wall Medal, with Package, by Carl Poellath Hold on suspension with foldover metal(Deutsches Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a double sided oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised pillbox topped by a crossed sword and shovel and a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR ARBEIT ZUM SCHUTZE DEUTSCHLANDS (FOR WORK IN THE