Fritz Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Narvik Schild 1940 A Narvik Schild in silver, mounted on a bluegrey Luftwaffe cloth backing. The Narvik shield was awarded to all personnel, who took part in the batte for Narvik between 9th April and 10th June 1940. The shield was produced in silver finish for Heer and Luftwaffe, and in a gold finish for the Kriegsmarine, each with its own appropriate backing cloth. Shields were initially produced in pressed iron with a silver or gold finish, later in Zinc. The award for initatiated on 13th August 1940 by order of Hitler, and the first recipient was Generaloberst Dietl on 15.3.1941, the commander of the Gebirgstruppe. By mid 1941 most awards had been bestowed, in all: Heer: 2755 Luftwaffe 2161 Marine: 3661 The Narvik shield, as most others, is frequently copied. Caution is recommended with examples with too new paper backings. The original series had more of a type of felt behind the cloth backing. (photo by D.Niemann,Hamburg) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 Further example of a Narvik Schild. This one is made of Zink and has a fieldgrey cloth backing, which has some bad moth damage, has been worn and much of the original finish has turned greyish with age. The other decoration is the Sudentand Medal of 1.10.1938 with the Prager Spange (Prague Bar) and still retains the original pin fitting, with which these were issued. Apparently unworn and mint. Last item on right is an original unmounted example of a Luftwaffe cloth backing for a Narvik Schild. (own photo) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 And now here is a nice example of an original Narvik Shield, which I've had for quite some time. It has a rather motheaten army fieldgrey backing. The shield is of Zinc. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 Altmark in Jössing-Fjord Versenkte deutsche Schiffe im Hafen von Narvik Eduard Dietl 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddieq Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Here is my KM Narvik shield. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I have not yet picked up one of these. Its on my Wishlist however. Nice examples posted here. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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