Slovakia, First Republic. A Slovakian Army Patriotic Plaque, Ca. 1941 Auction / Crown Copyright Reserved

/ Crown Copyright Reserved

the insignia intact

with a metal spring catch activated by an exterior stud release

measuring 103 mm (w) x 18 mm (h))

Slovakia, First Republic. A Slovakian Army Patriotic Plaque, Ca. 1941 Auction / Crown Copyright ReservedA detailed Slovakian Army patriotic plaque, consisting of a dark lacquered wooden frame, set around a bronzed plaster composite centrepiece depicting raised Slovak Army personnel overlaying a Slovakian Cross and mountainous terrain, above a raised inscription of OSUD SLOVENSKA JE V RUKCH ARMDY (THE FATE OF SLOVAKIA IS IN THE HANDS OF THE ARMY), the reverse retaining a metal suspension loop and a mostly intact brown paper liner, unmarked, measuring 288