Slovakia, First Republic. A Rare War Victory Cross, Iii Class Archive measuring 71 mm (w) x

measuring 71 mm (w) x 89 mm (h)

Hieronymussen

Two pieces of white cotton sewn together

Violet Elizabeth Hanson (nee Johnston)

red felt lined

Slovakia, First Republic. A Rare War Victory Cross, Iii Class Archive measuring 71 mm (w) xInstituted 11 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A rare Slovak War Victory Cross, III Class, constructed of silver with enamels, the obverse consisting of radiant silver starburst pattern, overlaid by a blue enameled Patriarchal Cross, with its three and nine oclock positions flanked by linden leaves, the reverse with an integrated hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened integrated catch, the pinback marked with a silver content number of 987