chipping and crazing evident in the white enamels on the arms and centrepieces on both sides
and pinned with dual zink rank pips and gilded numerals “8”
measuring 71 mm x 45 mm
A rare and fine-quality Saxon Hussar Regiment Officer’s busby
that the 1914 Star was awarded to these troops after the war
Germany, Heer. A Narvik Shield Hold chipping and crazing evident in(Heer Narvikschild). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised propeller, anchor, and edelweiss, symbolizing the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, and Gebirgsjger (Heer) respectively, topped by a date of 1940, an inscription of NARVIK, and a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed swastika, the reverse retaining all four attachment prongs and affixed to a replacement field grey wool backer indicating Heer