A Third Reich Period German Defence Wall (West Wall) Medal Archive about 350 km from their

about 350 km from their intended target of Berlin

on its cardboard insert inscribed "14712" in pencil

the obverse inscribed “Grati Princeps Et Patria Carolvs Imp

severed at the shoulder end

43 mm x 27 mm

A Third Reich Period German Defence Wall (West Wall) Medal Archive about 350 km from theirA third reich period Deutsches Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen; oval bronze; on a loop for suspension (unmarked); with its correct replacement ribbon; the obverse with a crossed shovel and sword in the centre, and a concrete pillbox bunker directly below, as well as with the German national eagle above, all within an oak leaf wreath; the reverse inscribed Fr Arbeit zum schutze Deutschlands (For labour for the protection of Germany) within an oak wreath;