Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Auction Archive In the re-shuffle in 1938

In the re-shuffle in 1938

with a vertical pinback and round wire catch

the reverse with a date of 1866 inside of an oak leaf wreath

6 Convalescent Camp at Etaples on June 8th to recuperate

Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Auction Archive In the re-shuffle in 1938(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),