West Wall Medal

[dphillipsd]

Hi all,

Anyone know the dimensions of a West Wall Medal. I believe mine to be a fake or a medal in worn condition with fake packet and ribbon. The ribbon appears modern and crinkle cut with the packet having the wrong spelling of Schrobenhausen. Further to this the medal itself is grey and from what it seems the swastika held by the eagle differs in size........However, the medal bears resemblance to other West Wall Medals questionned on this forum.

Any ideas?

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi David, I suspect that your medal is most likely a zinc original, but just made more "saleable" by the addition of a packet of issue and a ribbon. There are a lot of these on the market.
The diamentions of mine is 33mm wide by 40mm long.
Cheers, Ade.

[Hannibal]

Here is my West wall medal, it is an early tombak one. It measures H45.55mm, W33.20mm. Hope this helps.

best regards

[Hannibal]

Reverse

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi, here is a quick pic of mine.
Cheers, Ade.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Reverse. Medal is zinc and has a darker finish than in the pic.
Cheers, Ade.

[dphillipsd]

Hey all thanks for the responses I suppose the medal itself isnt fake then!

[Radcollector]

more westwall info

Hello,

Im posting a link for you to an old thread regarding westwall medal and fake ribbons http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...estwall+medals ,I found it to be very interesting,I also had the same thing happen,real medal - fake ribbon and packet!