(Narvikschild)

Date Instituted

19 August 1940

Requirements

Participation in the battle of Narvik (9 April - 9 June 1940)

Number Awarded

8.577

Known makers/markings

Unmarked

Estimated price (2009)

Gold (Kriegsmarine) - €450
Silver - €300


Kriegsmarine unteroffizier

(Courtesy of Arne Håkon)

Paratrooper

(Courtesy of N & T Global Trading)

Comments

It was designed by Professor Richard Klein.

Photo courtesy of Canutt

Sources used

Christopher Ailsby - A collectors guide to the Luftwaffe
Christopher Ailsby - World War 2 German medals and political awards
John R. Angolia - For Führer and Fatherland: Military awards of the Third Reich
David Littlejohn - Orders, decorations, medals and badges of the Third Reich
Detlev Niemann - Price Guide Germany 1871-1945 (2009)