Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Issue Narvik Shield Newly Listed Manitoba on May 12th

Manitoba on May 12th

In 1940 he received command of the 6th Mountain Division and let it in the attack on France

with a gun shot wound to his left arm but it was later upgraded to "reported from base in error"

Düttmann joined the most famous and successful of German Second War wings

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Issue Narvik Shield Newly Listed Manitoba on May 12th(Kriegsmarine Narvikschild). Constructed of gilded zink, obverse depicting shield with central Edelweiss (representing Heer Gebirgsjger), propeller (representing the Luftwaffe), and anchor (representing the Kriegsmarine), underneath date of 1940, underneath inscription of NARVIK, topped by a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika, with four reverse attachment prongs securing the shield to a black wool backer, unmarked,