Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Bronze Grade Auction Archive and for merit in strengthening

and for merit in strengthening the defence capabilities of the socialist community

McKee presented the Presidential Address to the meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology which he hosted in Montreal

clearly numbered “28478” (unresearched)

measuring 85 mm (w) x 28 mm (h)

chipping evident in the red enamels in two locations

Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Bronze Grade Auction Archive and for merit in strengtheningConstructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, surrounding a central sword overlaid by an M32 helmet, the sword plunging into a fractured five pointed star and sickle and hammer, set against stylized sun rays, the reverse with a clip hinge and narrow vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 32. 88 mm (w) x 46. 40 mm (h), weighing 16. 3 grams, in extremely fine