Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Bronze Grade United Republic of a HJ Enlisted buckle

a HJ Enlisted buckle

as were members of the “Mussert – Garde”

Ten months later

undertaken while the British 46th Midland Division attacked its much smaller neighbour

Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Bronze Grade United Republic of a HJ Enlisted buckleConstructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a central sword overlaid by an M32 helmet, the latter bearing a Slovak Cross situated above a date of 22. VI. 1941, with the tip of the sword plunging into a fractured five pointed star and stickle and hammer, situated against a backdrop of stylized rays, the reverse with a clip and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 32. 48 mm (w) x