and to civilians employed in an official capacity
with the obverse of one end bearing a gilt inscription of “ORDENS-GEMEINSCHAFT DER RITTERKREUZTRÄGER” (“ORDER OF KNIGHT’S CROSS BEARERS”)
The ribbon bar is well preserved with limited soiling
He was in good health
breast stars and collars from the various levels of the Order engraved from copper plates
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Narvik Shield Newly Listed and to civilians employed in(Kriegsmarine Narvikschild). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an shield bearing a raised propeller, anchor, and edelweiss, representing the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, and Gebirgsjger, respectively, topped by an inscription of flanked by a date of 1940, topped by an inscription of NARVIK and a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed swastika, affixed with all four attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a dark