Description
on dark blue wool backing
After serving in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
nice dark patina
no balloon caught fire
The recipient is Martin Christa whose profession is somewhat uncommon today: He is a horse master butcher
Germany, Heer. A Narvik Shield certificate_of_authenticity on dark blue wool backing(Narvikschild). Constructed of silvered zink, with all four reverse attachment prongs intact and affixing the shield to a field grey wool backer, the obverse with a propeller, anchor, and edelweiss flanked by a date of 1940, topped by an inscription of NARVIK and a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 42 mm (w) x 92 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.