Germany, Luftwaffe. A Narvik Campaign Shield Archive mostly in uniform

mostly in uniform

then to Leading Aircraftman on April 1

Cross of Honor of German Mother - gold grade

Fighting continued into early January 1944 as American troops extended their perimeter south from the airfields

Early the following year

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Narvik Campaign Shield Archive mostly in uniform(Luftwaffe Narvik Schield). Construted of silvered cupal; the shield; featuring national eagle with swooped down wings, clutching a wreathed swastika; inscribed Narvik in capital letters, with an Edelweiss flower (representing the Heer) in the center between the date 1940 and a crossed anchor (representing the Kriegsmarine) and propellor (representing the Luftwaffe) on the obverse; the reverse with its backing plate intact, as well as its four prongs