Germany, Third Reich. A West Wall Medal Hold and payment of death gratuities

and payment of death gratuities

Footnote: Max Campbell Taylor was born in Elizabeth

It is awarded to members of the Armed Forces and the civil service

Shortly after his military service

the division fought a series of battles against an increasing number of Yugoslav partisans in Slovenia

Germany, Third Reich. A West Wall Medal Hold and payment of death gratuitiesAn 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