A Kriegsmarine Narvik Campaign Shield Hold on parade ribbon

on parade ribbon

Nova Scotia on March 23

with a message in pencil

superimposed

Footnote: Russell Avery was born in 1887 in Murillo Ontario and was working as a Clerk in Carington Ontario prior to enlisting in the CEf in September 1917

A Kriegsmarine Narvik Campaign Shield Hold on parade ribbonA Narvik Schild; constructed of stamped gilt feinzink; 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 propeller (representing the Luftwaffe) on the obverse; three of its four prongs intact on the reverse; unmarked; measuring 90 mm