Czechoslovakia. A Decoration For The Czechoslovak Volunters Of 1918-1919 Newly Listed A Kriegsmarine Officer’s Breast Eagle

A Kriegsmarine Officer’s Breast Eagle - Yellow cello embroidered insignia on a navy blue wool base

Almost one quarter of the men in the cyclists were killed during the war

marked "JAPAN" on the reverse

scattered green oxidation spots

He was invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Brighton

Czechoslovakia. A Decoration For The Czechoslovak Volunters Of 1918-1919 Newly Listed A Kriegsmarine Officer’s Breast EaglePametn odznaki Ceskoslovensk dobrovolniki. Instituted in 1938. In bronze, measuring 36. 3 mm in diameter, original ribbon with dual prong pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The lands of Czechoslovakia had been part of the Austro Hungarian Empire since the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620 crushed Bohemian independence. The independence of the Czechoslovak Republic was proclaimed in Prague on October 28, 1918 and ratified by the treaties of Saint