Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Newly Listed A 1938/39 WHW (Winterhilfswerk des

A 1938/39 WHW (Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes/Winter Relief of the German People)

attached to pin

and pinned with gilded bronze NSDAP-style German national eagles clutching wreathed swastikas above four oak leaves of identical construction

The right breast is enriched with a Army eagle insignia

First War Period Issued

Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Newly Listed A 1938/39 WHW (Winterhilfswerk des(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 and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR ARBEIT ZUM SCHUTZE DEUTSCHLANDS (FOR WORK IN THE DEFENCE OF GERMANY), unmarked, measuring 33. 43 mm (w) x 46. 45 mm (h),