German Gautag AM Westwall 1939 Siegfried Line Tinnie

Zinc construction with crimped pin. Marked on the reverse RZM M9/6 WERNER REDO SAARLAUTERN and ENTWURF FK FRANCK KAISERLAUTERN. Good condition. Features the Siefried Line in the art. Appears painted red a long time ago, maybe period.

The Siegfried Line, known in German as the Westwall (= western bulwark), was a German defensive line built during the late 1930s. Started in 1936, opposite the French Maginot Line, it stretched more than 630 km (390 mi) from Kleve on the border with the Netherlands, along the western border of Nazi Germany, to the town of Weil am Rhein on the border with Switzerland. The line featured more than 18,000 bunkers, tunnels and tank traps.