Western Front Decoration

The medal was set up on August 2, 1939 and was handed over to those who contributed to the design and construction of the fortifications on the western German front, known as the Siegfried Line, and to the troops that served here before May 1940. In 1944, That the Germans were waiting for an invasion of the Allies, it was granted to all those who had taken part in the further improvements always made on the western source. The medal was granted in a total of 622,064 specimens until the end of the war.