Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Newly Listed Type II - In blackened

Type II  - In blackened iron

with the lid embossed with an outline of a Mother’s Cross

LAUTERJUNG

Private Hogan was with the New South Wales Lines of Communication

mounted as originally worn

Germany, Wehrmacht. A West Wall Medal Newly Listed Type II - In blackened(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),