Czechoslovakia, I Republic. A First World War Independence Plaque 1914 Auction Archive Croatian Wound Medal

Croatian Wound Medal

while flying over nearby Grantham Township

Commemorative medal of 1st October 1938

all opening with scalloped horizontal flaps with reinforced buttonholes meeting pebbled magnetic metal buttons

minor flecking of the enamels but in an otherwise extremely fine condition

Czechoslovakia, I Republic. A First World War Independence Plaque 1914 Auction Archive Croatian Wound MedalConstructed of a bronze alloy with wood, consisting of a relief bearing a central rising sun overlaid by a raised number 14, flanked by a soldier of the Czechoslovak Legion, and topped by an inscription of SVOBOE NA STR (FREEDOM TO GUARD), set within a multi piece dark wooden frame, the lower obverse of the relief bearing an illegible designers mark, measuring 260 mm (w) x 80 mm (w) x 225 mm (h), with some scratching and oxidation evident to the wood