Czechoslovakia. A Loyal Service Cross Of The National Armed Guard 1939 GTRexclude A 1915 RMS Lusitania Propaganda

A 1915 RMS Lusitania Propaganda Medal - Bronze obverse illustrating the stricken liner sinking

when the German assault on Reims was repulsed by the Allies and the German Army was forced to retreat behind the Marne

therefore very fine

silver framed

Czechoslovakia. A Loyal Service Cross Of The National Armed Guard 1939 GTRexclude A 1915 RMS Lusitania PropagandaA Loyal Service Cross of the National Armed Guard 1939 Bronze gilt, 35 mm, lightly soiled, original ribbon, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Czech National Guard can trace its antecedents back to the Middle Ages. The cross was awarded for service during the Sudetenland crisis of 1938, which culminated in the ignominious appeasement of Germany at Munich.