Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Narvik Shield, Kriegsmarine Issue GTRexclude (Gemeinsame Kriegsdenkmünze für die Hanseatische

(Gemeinsame Kriegsdenkmünze für die Hanseatische Legion)

Nels Thompson

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

measuring 85 mm (w) x 23

It had already been propagated after WWI

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Narvik Shield, Kriegsmarine Issue GTRexclude (Gemeinsame Kriegsdenkmünze für die Hanseatische(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