Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Auction in blackened and silvered aluminum

in blackened and silvered aluminum

" (Wilhelm Cordes

measuring 38 mm (w) x 105 mm (l)

multiple notations in black ink identifying various points of interest

2) A Second War Black Grade Wound Badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Auction in blackened and silvered aluminum(Deutsches Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen). 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 sword and shovel, as well as 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), unmarked, measuring 33. 32 mm (w) x 45.