Czechoslovakia. A Loyal Service Cross Of The National Armed Guard 1939 Archive where he was hospitalized at

where he was hospitalized at the London Military Convaescent Hospital

Great War period issue

center applique in GOLD and enamels

"RIPRODUZIONE INTERDETTA" and "MODELLO DEPOSITATO" on the reverse

but without enamel chipping

Czechoslovakia. A Loyal Service Cross Of The National Armed Guard 1939 Archive where he was hospitalized atA Loyal Service Cross of the National Armed Guard 1939 Bronze gilt, 35 mm, lightly soiled, original ribbon, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Czech National Guard can trace its antecedents back to the Middle Ages. The cross was awarded for service during the Sudetenland crisis of 1938, which culminated in the ignominious appeasement of Germany at Munich.