Germany, Third Reich. A West Wall Medal United Republic of also double-stamped with “ЯК” for

also double-stamped with “ЯК” for an unknown silversmith

on which Gibbons was serving aboard the Vandalia as a junior officer

retaining 99% of silvering

12 mm (w) x 49

An attempt was made with this medal to obscure and/or remove the words ""THE KING""

Germany, Third Reich. A West Wall Medal United Republic of also double-stamped with “ЯК” forAn ovular medal constructed bronze, the obverse centre bears a national eagle with outstretched wings clutching a wreathed swastika in its talons, underneath are a crossed sword and shovel, and below that a bunker on a hill, encompassed by a wreath of oak leaves, the reverse is inscribed with FR ARBEIT ZUM SCHUTZE DEUTSCH LANDS (FOR WORK FOR THE PROTECTION OF GERMAN LANDS), encompassed by am oak leaf wreath, with loop for suspension on a yellow and