Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer Issue Narvik Campaign Shield Auction Footnote: The Medal for Veterans

Footnote: The Medal for Veterans of the Spanish Civil War was instituted on May 28

(Serbian Cyrillic: Орден Белог орла

Footnote: The Constantinian Order of Saint George is an ancient and internationally Order of Knighthood which has been recognized to work for the glorification of the Cross

the reverse shows “Herzlichen gruß aus Deutschland

125 mm x 188 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer Issue Narvik Campaign Shield Auction Footnote: The Medal for Veterans(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 cloth backer added replaced after the war, with two of the attachment prongs broken off, measuring 55 mm (w) x