Slovakia, First Republic. A Slovak Eastern Front Volunteer M34 Steel Helmet GTRexclude dated January 31

dated January 31

During this operation he handled his troop with great tactical skill and his deployment of his troop during the counter-attacks did much to establish the bridgehead firmly in our hands

and light discolouration

awarded in 1956 to surviving Yugoslav Volunteers who participated in the Spanish Civil War of 1936

in addition to a maker’s mark of “BAUSCHER

Slovakia, First Republic. A Slovak Eastern Front Volunteer M34 Steel Helmet GTRexclude dated January 31A well preserved Slovakian M32 steel helmet, constructed of an olive drab painted magnetic metal shell. The lower edge of the exterior is painted with a blue stripe, while the helmet is also flanked on each side by hand painted white Slovak style Patriarchal Crosses. Unusually, affixed to the peak are two German manufactured rank pips, constructed of silvered bronze, representing a higher rank. Seven magnetic metal rives are distributed around the