Czechoslovakia. A Loyal Service Cross Of The National Armed Guard 1939 Archive "RIPRODUZIONE INTERDETTA" and "MODELLO DEPOSITATO"

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

217 - Iron Cross 2nd

The middle brother

but without enamel chipping

Czechoslovakia. A Loyal Service Cross Of The National Armed Guard 1939 Archive "RIPRODUZIONE INTERDETTA" and "MODELLO DEPOSITATO"A 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.