My Narvik Shield in Silver

Hi Everyone,

Here is my Narvik shield in silver. The shield its self is magnetic and has a Brass (?) pin, which showed up grey in the scan for some reason!

Under the pin I found a very small thred of uniform fabric, either Luft. Blue/Gray or Heer Field Grey (Its too hard to tell) but I think it may be Heer.

I wasn't sure about the shield at first, having the area between the wings filled, but recently I saw a identical shield on WM Awards which had come straight of a salesmans sample board.

So here it is...

 

and the back

~Thanks Otto for hosting them for me!

 

Nice Narvik, ive got a Heer Narvik and a Kriegsmarine Narvik--the KM Narviks my best looking and favorite shield.

David--now your hooked into collecting, like the rest of us.

 

Thanks Carl,

I like Narviks too. I think I got a good deal on this one as the normal NZ price for one with backing is $300, I got this on for $125.

Definatly hooked now

 

Gents :

How can U tell the difference in the arms of service..... i.e. Luftwaffe, Heer or Kriegsmarine ?

Are they supposed to be felt backed ? Good looking shield Kiwi !

E

 

Hi Erich,

The KM Narvik shields are Gold and the Heer/Luft Silver.

Yes they are supposed to be felt backed, mine's not so I got it cheap

Heer would have Field Gray (green) backing, Luft I think would be with Dark Blue or Gray and KM is the Gold shield on a Dark Navy blue backing.

The colour of the backing fabric is designed to match the could of the uniform its worn on.

I think Carl's are backed...

Hope that helps!

 

Kiwi-- Nice shield and good price!!

 

Thanks Volkbert!

 

Heres the differences in my three sleeve shields:

My Navy Narvik is as David says--and has darkblue backing material, the Army is feldgrau, and my Krim actually has a grey-green material backing. All also come with backing plates. On Friday when I see Greg and Gary--I'll see if they can post mine on here. My KM Narvik is a mint piece--my Army Narvik is also in very good-to mint condition and my Krim was twken off a tunic and is slightly worn but in excellent condition.

 

Prtty cool shield, Kiwi!!!

Is that a good or a bad thing? That means that you will have a lot of nice shining militaria and medals, but not enough money to buy your own computer.

 

Yep, ya hit the nail on the head there Friedrich

 

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