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[GELIS44]

Please identify these two awards. Value?

Thanks!!

[GELIS44]

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[Gerdan]

I found this:


"LIMES"-WESTWALL-MEDAILLE 1938der Fa. Philipp Holzmann zum Bau des Westwalls mit Inschrift "Dem Arbeiter zur Ehr - der Heimat zur Wehr / Freiburg i/B 1938". Feinzink bronziert 36mm
Kat.Nr. 8979II€ 90,00 . Preis inklusive Mehrwertsteuer, exklusive Versandkosten"LIMES"-WESTWALL-MEDAILLE 1938 ABSCHNITT OFFENBURG.Hauptunternehmer Grün u. Bilfinger A.G. Bronze 36mm an Öse
Kat.Nr. 8980I-I € 85,00 .



Gerdan

[Gerdan]

André Huesken:

"LIMES"-WESTWALL-MEDAILLE 1938 ABSCHNITT OFFENBURG.Hauptunternehmer Grün u. Bilfinger A.G. Bronze 36mm an Öse
Kat.Nr. 8980I-II€ 85,00


Gerdan

[Don Scowen]

Indeed, the first one is one of the many "Limes" medals.

These are unofficial awards issued by some of the contractors engaged in the construction of the West Wall (prior to the institution of the official West Wall medal).

They are refered to as "Limes medals" as reference to the "Obergermanischrätischer Limes", a Roman wall built to protect them from the Germanic Tribes...... The word limes is latin for a border.

Cheers
Don

[GELIS44]

Indeed, the first one is one of the many "Limes" medals.

These are unofficial awards issued by some of the contractors engaged in the construction of the West Wall (prior to the institution of the official West Wall medal).

They are refered to as "Limes medals" as reference to the "Obergermanischrätischer Limes", a Roman wall built to protect them from the Germanic Tribes...... The word limes is latin for a border.

Cheers
Don

Thanks Don! Your information is very helpful. These two were brought back by a local vet who let me borrow them for research. He was stationed in Weinheim after the war. Could you translate the 2nd award?