Czechoslovakia. A Loyal Service Cross Of The National Armed Guard 1939 Auction RDB Award with Document -

RDB Award with Document - Silvered

when he was retired on medical grounds

It was noted here that he had an "internal derangement of the knee" and was "supplied with an Elastic Knee Cap at the Government's expense" on March 19th

four push pins on the red wool reverse

dated August 10

Czechoslovakia. A Loyal Service Cross Of The National Armed Guard 1939 Auction RDB Award with Document -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.