Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer Issue Narvik Campaign Shield consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 54 mm (w) x

measuring 54 mm (w) x 80 mm (h)

Footnote: Sydney Earle Heald was born on October 13

the cover bearing a black ink sketched memorial with Hemeter’s name and dates of birth and death

and Shoulder Flash (in yellow embroidery

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer Issue Narvik Campaign Shield consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 54 mm (w) x(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