Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Narvik Shield Newly Listed with ink signature of Oberleutnant

with ink signature of Oberleutnant

36 mm (w) x 73

Born 12 October 1925

: Second World War 1939-45 - 37

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Narvik Shield Newly Listed with ink signature of Oberleutnant(Narvikschild). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised propeller, anchor, and edelweiss, representing the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, and Gebirgsjger, respectively, flanked by a date of 1940, and topped by an inscription of NARVIK and a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed swastika, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a zink backplate with a dark navy blue wool liner, unmarked, the