Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Silver Grade Province of China as worn on the left

as worn on the left arm of the men of the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt

with an anchor in its centre

a Wehrsport tab

A single letter was sent to him by his mother

with a gradual taper to a spear point

Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Silver Grade Province of China as worn on the leftConstructed of silvered 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. 90 mm