Slovakia, First Republic. A Slovakian Army Patriotic Plaque, Ca. 1941 Auction constructed of light-brown cotton

constructed of light-brown cotton

the insignia intact

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

Loerzer received the Knight’s Cross later that year

Band and PIoneers' Swords

Slovakia, First Republic. A Slovakian Army Patriotic Plaque, Ca. 1941 Auction constructed of light-brown cottonA 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