Description
(Norway) Nasjonal Samling Hirdsmarine raven.
Extremely rare to find!!!!
In good condition.
A little background found via google:
Following the invasion of Norway, the collaborator government established was run by Vidkun Quisling and his Nasjonal Samling party. Quisling had plans from the onset to establish a Naval force, however the Kriegsmarine refused to allow non-German controlled ships in the water until May of 1942, when an agreement was made to establish the Hirdmarine. Quisling dreamed of it becoming the future or Norway’s naval power, but it seems to have never gotten too successful, reaching only around 400 members after the first 6 months.
The Hirdmarine wore an emblem on both cap and left sleeve of a Raven sitting atop the NS sun cross symbol, imposed over an anchor. It seems that both the hat badge and sleeve insignia were the same patch…size and all. No one has been able to show any signs of a metal cap emblem.
