Nels Thompson
Meyer of New York) on the reverse
Naming is privately engraved on the edge of the five Second World War awards
uncrowned George V (42374 SJT: J
bronze "V" Device on its original ribbon with brooch pinback
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Narvik Shield, Kriegsmarine Issue GTRexclude Nels Thompson(Narvikschild). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised anchor, propeller, and edelweiss, representing the Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe, and Gebirgsjger, respectively, flanked by a date of 1940, topped by a raised inscription of NARVIK and a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed swastika, affixed with all original reverse attachment prongs to a zink backplate and dark blue wool backer, the shield