Czechoslovakia. A Loyal Service Cross Of The National Armed Guard 1939 Archive but without enamel chipping

but without enamel chipping

Deportees and Hostages of the Great War

217 - Iron Cross 2nd

Weight 3 ¾ lbs

"RIPRODUZIONE INTERDETTA" and "MODELLO DEPOSITATO" on the reverse

Czechoslovakia. A Loyal Service Cross Of The National Armed Guard 1939 Archive but without enamel chippingA Loyal Service Cross of the National Armed Guard 1939 Bronze gilt, 35 mm, lightly soiled, original ribbon, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Czech National Guard can trace its antecedents back to the Middle Ages. The cross was awarded for service during the Sudetenland crisis of 1938, which culminated in the ignominious appeasement of Germany at Munich.