Germany, Third Reich. A West Wall Medal Newly Listed Six European Medals

Six European Medals

hallmarked with Croatian silver mark

he continued to make his presence known in the army well into the Second World War

with Recon Waffenfarbe in the center

on dark gray-green cloth

Germany, Third Reich. A West Wall Medal Newly Listed Six European Medals(Deutsches Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath, with a central pillbox topped by a crossed sword and shovel and a NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an inscription of FR ARBEIT ZUM SCHUTZE DEUTSCHLAND (FOR WORK IN THE PROTECTION OF GERMANY), unmarked, measuring 33. 56 mm (w) x 46. 71 mm