Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Narvik Shield, Kriegsmarine Issue GTRexclude with disregard for personal safety

with disregard for personal safety and displaying a high degree of skill

uncrowned George V (42374 SJT: J

Naming is privately engraved on the edge of the five Second World War awards

Nels Thompson

constructed of four doubled-up silver aluminum bullion wires wound around an off-white fabric core in a U-shape

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Narvik Shield, Kriegsmarine Issue GTRexclude with disregard for personal safety(Narvikschild). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised anchor, propeller, and edelweiss, representing the Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe, and Gebirgsjger, respectively, flanked by a date of 1940, topped by a raised inscription of NARVIK and a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed swastika, affixed with all original reverse attachment prongs to a zink backplate and dark blue wool backer, the shield