Slovakia. A Pilot’s Qualification Badge, Field Pilot No. 224 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic scattered blackening wear evident on

scattered blackening wear evident on both sides

original ribbon suspended from a hanger with pinback)

Stitched onto the panel directly beneath the eagle is an additional insignia consisting of a field-grey rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered tri-colour cockade

suffering from Angina (chest pain due to ischemia of the heart muscle

Republic: Order of Saint Agatha

Slovakia. A Pilot’s Qualification Badge, Field Pilot No. 224 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic scattered blackening wear evident onA rare stylized diving eagle in gilt, resting on a gilt Slovakian emblem, the Apostolic Cross on the Upper Lands, surrounded by a silver wreath of linden leaves, reverse with a replacement vertical pin, numbered 224 on the center, measuring 61. 4 mm (w) x 50. 8 mm (h), light contact, loss of gilt to eagle, a rare piece in very fine condition.