Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Narvik Shield Republic of Hauptwachtmeister

Hauptwachtmeister

with three horizontal foldmarks

scattered gilt wear on the medal and clasps

inscribed "28th JUNE 1919 JOHANNESBURG" with a ribbon banner bearing the city's motto "FORTITER ET RECTE" (Strong and Straight) above

worn on original ribbon attached to hanger bar

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Narvik Shield Republic of Hauptwachtmeister(Narvikschild). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a propeller, anchor, and edelweiss, representing the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, and Gebirgsjger, flanked by a date of 1940, and topped by an inscription of NARVIK with a German national eagle perched on a wreathed swastika, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a zink backplate with a obverse and reverse dark blue wool liners indicating Kriegsmarine