Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Silver Grade GTRexclude Royal 22nd Regiment

Royal 22nd Regiment

Leichte Gastritis (mild gastritis)

The diagnosis was soon altered to state "Suspected Enteric Group" (Bacterial Infection)

The reverse presents with a horizontal pinback and NSDAP member number “76593”

no doubt Austrian (likely V

Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Silver Grade GTRexclude Royal 22nd RegimentConstructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a central sword overlaid by an M32 helmet, the latter bearing a Slovak Cross situated above a date of 22. VI. 1941, with the tip of the sword plunging into a fractured five pointed star and stickle and hammer, situated against a backdrop of stylized rays, the reverse with a clip and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 32. 90 mm