Germany, Wehrmacht. A Narvik Campaign Shield Auction Archive Active Militia of Canada

Active Militia of Canada

First Class -  in silver gilt and enamels

239th Infantry Battalion "Railway Construction Corps" Shoulder Title (pickled brass

and multiple repairs where the pages had come apart at the folding creases

numbered "20577" on the buttonhole attachment

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Narvik Campaign Shield Auction Archive Active Militia of Canada(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),