Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Narvik Shield United Republic of Weimar Republic)

Weimar Republic)

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A 1939 SA Gruppe Kurpfalz Gruppen Wettkamftage badge

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Narvik Shield United Republic of Weimar Republic)(Narvikschild). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a propeller, anchor, and edelweiss, representing the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, and Gebirgsjger, respectively, flanked by a date of 1940, topped by a raised inscription of NARVIK and a German national eagle perched on a wreathed mobile swastika, affixed with a magnetic metal backplate to a dark blue wool backer, the shield measuring 42 mm (w) x 92 mm (h), in better