Slovakia, First Republic. A Slovakian Army Patriotic Plaque, Ca. 1941 Auction Loerzer received the Knight’s Cross

Loerzer received the Knight’s Cross later that year

with a metal spring catch activated by an exterior stud release

Band and PIoneers' Swords

writing off one of his unit's Sunbeams after a journey that lasted just fifty yards

measuring 54 mm (w) x 14 mm (h)

Slovakia, First Republic. A Slovakian Army Patriotic Plaque, Ca. 1941 Auction Loerzer received the Knight’s CrossA detailed Slovakian Army patriotic plaque, consisting of a dark lacquered wooden frame, set around a bronzed plaster composite centrepiece depicting raised Slovak Army personnel overlaying a Slovakian Cross and mountainous terrain, above a raised inscription of OSUD SLOVENSKA JE V RUKCH ARMDY (THE FATE OF SLOVAKIA IS IN THE HANDS OF THE ARMY), the reverse retaining a metal suspension loop and a mostly intact brown paper liner, unmarked, measuring 288