Medal, West Wall
Description
A German West Wall Medal. The oval bronzed brass medal features a crossed sword and a shovel, a German eagle atop a swastika and a bunker. The obverse is fringed by a wreath of oak leaves. " FUR / ARBEIT/ ZUM / SCHUTZE / DEUTSCH-/LANDS " is marked on the reverse fringed by a wreath of oak leaves. The medal is attached to a yellow ribbon with two thin white stripes by a simple suspension ring.
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Collection
Credit line
This
medal
was
gifted
to
Taranaki
Museum
as
part
of
the
large
collection
of
medals
of
prominent
south
Taranaki
lawyer
John
Houston.
Accession number
A74.935
Collection type
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