Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal By Sohni, Heubach & Co. Hold smooth finished butterscotch-coloured leather tab

smooth finished butterscotch-coloured leather tab stitched in place on the underside on the right end

fellow crewmen

registered in Batavia (Jakarta) and Soerabaja

the pads are located so that one is at the forehead and one against each side of the head

the reverse bearing the Bavarian crowned lion circumscribed by a buckled belt dated “1866”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal By Sohni, Heubach & Co. Hold smooth finished butterscotch-coloured leather tab(Deutsches Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, the obverse with a pillbox topped by a crossed sword and shovel and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an inscription of FR ARBEIT ZUM SCHUTZE DEUTSCHLAND (FOR WORK IN THE DEFENCE OF GERMANY), unmarked, measuring 32. 95 mm (w) x 45. 57 mm (h), weighing 18. 5