Germany, Wehrmacht. A Narvik Campaign Shield Auction (likely Marine SA Group)

(likely Marine SA Group)

The order effectively replaced national orders such as the Civil Order of Savoy (1831)

the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a denazified swastika

flying over a battlefield

A 1914 Lubeck Hanseatic Cross - Silvered & gilt on bronze with enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Narvik Campaign Shield Auction (likely Marine SA Group)(Narvik Schild). A Narvik Campaign Shield constructed of cupal, featuring a national eagle with swooped down wings, clutching a wreathed swastika, inscribed NARVIK in capital letters, with an Edelweiss flower (representing the Heer) in the center between the date 1940 and a crossed anchor (representing the Kriegsmarine) and propeller (representing the Luftwaffe) on the obverse, attached to a field grey wool backing, measuring 54 mm (w) x 103 mm (h),