Slovakia, Republic. A War Victory Cross Order, V Class Gold Grade Medal, Civil Division Newly Listed Klasse für 21 Jahre)

Klasse für 21 Jahre)

after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during the Second World War

122 mm x 172 mm

measuring 38 mm (w) x 56 mm (h) inclusive of its dual dragons suspension

1919 and was named to the rank of Brevet Major on December 1

Slovakia, Republic. A War Victory Cross Order, V Class Gold Grade Medal, Civil Division Newly Listed Klasse für 21 Jahre)(Vojenn vitazn kri). Instituted in 1942. In bronze gilt, measuring 35. 8 mm in diameter, original ribbon with pinback, very light contact, greening evident on the reverse, near extremely fine. Footnote: The War Victory Cross was instituted on September 11, 1939 by the Nazi German backed government of the Independent State of Slovakia in three classes and amended in 1942 and 1943 in five classes and three medals. The Order is unusual in that the colour