Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Archive minor enamel contact and wear

minor enamel contact and wear

but silver wash is mostly gone

with 67 cm long sleeves

Louis Drummond Bawlf returned to Canada on furlough and on September 12

Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Archive minor enamel contact and wear(Deutsches Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 2 August 1939. (1939 1945 issue). 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 shovel and sword 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),