Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Bronze Grade Auction Archive measuring 85 mm (w) x

measuring 85 mm (w) x 28 mm (h)

chipping evident in the red enamels in two locations

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (May 2

clearly numbered “28478” (unresearched)

and clutching a fasces in its talons

Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Bronze Grade Auction Archive measuring 85 mm (w) xConstructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, surrounding a central sword overlaid by an M32 helmet, the sword plunging into a fractured five pointed star and sickle and hammer, set against stylized sun rays, the reverse with a clip hinge and narrow vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 32. 88 mm (w) x 46. 40 mm (h), weighing 16. 3 grams, in extremely fine