Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Norwegian Occupation Plaque United Republic of George (gold and enamels

George (gold and enamels

measuring 112 mm (w) x 46 mm (h) each)

numbered "C8659"

he forfeited one days' day for being drunk and absent without leave

and marked inside "Johnson

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Norwegian Occupation Plaque United Republic of George (gold and enamels(Besetzung Norwegens Erinnerungsplakette). Constructed of a dark brown wooden base, the obverse bearing a multi coloured painted applique consisting of a shield bearing a Norwegian flag, a polar bear, and an inscription of BANAK 1940, topped by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, above a hand painted inscription of KRIEGSJAHR 1942 (WAR YEAR 1942), the reverse with two visible rivets securing the applique in place, unmarked,