WW2 German West Wall Medal (Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen) with Original Paper Packet Birmingham 1902

Birmingham 1902

Price reflects damage

Solid silver Emu pin cushion

Lion passant

Total weight is 24

WW2 German West Wall Medal (Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen) with Original Paper Packet Birmingham 1902WW2 German West Wall Medal (Deutsches Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen) with Original Paper Packet. This medal was instituted on 2 August 1939 and was given to those who designed and built the fortifications on Germany's western borders, known as the West Wall or, in English, the Siegfried Line. In 1944, as Germany was expecting the arrival of the allied invasion, it was again awarded to those who took part in the fortification of the western borders. In all