West Wall Medal

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_decoration
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Deutsches_Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen
gptkbp:awardedFor military service on the Westwall
service in the construction of the Siegfried Line (Westwall)
gptkbp:category German campaign medals
Nazi Germany awards
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Professor_Richard_Klein
inscription: 'Für Arbeit zum Schutze Deutschlands' (For Work in the Defence of Germany)
gptkbp:eligibility gptkb:military
civilian workers
members of the Reichsarbeitsdienst
gptkbp:established 2 August 1939
gptkbp:firstAwarded 1939
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label West Wall Medal
gptkbp:inscriptionLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:lastAwarded 1944
gptkbp:material bronze
gptkbp:obverseDesign bunker, crossed sword and shovel, German helmet
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Siegfried_Line
gptkbp:ribbonColor gold with white stripes
gptkbp:shape oval
gptkbp:status no longer awarded
gptkbp:totalAwarded over 800,000
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Military_awards_and_decorations_of_Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6