Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Bronze Grade Newly Listed the interior bearing illegible silver

the interior bearing illegible silver hallmarks

A 1935 Stetting Sonnenwende badge

and was quickly reversed by Republican troops

(Kreigskreuz für Zivilverdienste)

Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Bronze Grade Newly Listed the interior bearing illegible silverConstructed 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