Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Issue Narvik Shield Archive Alexander with Swords

Alexander with Swords

but typical Hauptmünzamt

Footnote: Alcide James Stevens was born on July 29

" Almost three years later

insufficient numbers of recruits resulted with the Battalion being disbanded in Canada and the enlisted men absorbed into the 170th and 198th Infantry Battalions

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Issue Narvik Shield Archive Alexander with Swords(Kriegsmarine Narvikschild). Constructed of gilded zink, obverse depicting shield with central Edelweiss (representing Heer Gebirgsjger), propeller (representing the Luftwaffe), and anchor (representing the Kriegsmarine), underneath date of 1940, underneath inscription of NARVIK, topped by a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika, with four reverse attachment prongs securing the shield to a black wool backer, unmarked,