Slovakia, First Republic. A Slovakian Army Patriotic Plaque, Ca. 1941 Auction measuring 62 mm (w) x

measuring 62 mm (w) x 111 mm (l) x 17 mm (h)

in better then very fine condition

issued in the field on 29 January 1944

possibly worn as a cap badge

The cross-guard is constructed of solid nickel

Slovakia, First Republic. A Slovakian Army Patriotic Plaque, Ca. 1941 Auction measuring 62 mm (w) xA 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