Slovakia, Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Silver Grade Auction Archive Purple Heart: two-piece construction

Purple Heart: two-piece construction

It was first raised by Colonel Tom Price in the mid-1880s

3 mm (w) x 74 mm (h - inclusive of of suspension)

Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment) Glengarry Badge (in white metal

chipping evident in the red enamels at the base of the crown on the reverse

Slovakia, Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Silver Grade Auction Archive Purple Heart: two-piece constructionConstructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consists 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 33. 1mm (w)