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Badge, Prague, 1942
Badge
Badge, Prague, 1942
Badge, Prague, 1942
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Badge

Object number2021.012.0028
Date1942
Mediummetal
DimensionsOther: 2 × 2.5 in. (5.1 × 6.4 cm)
DescriptionA dark bronze chest badge indicative of a graduate of the Czechoslovak Army War College, general's staff. A wreath of linden leaves runs around its edges with crossed swords and banners reading, "Vysoka Vojenna Skola Generalny Star (or b)", on its bottom half. A short banner displaying the year 1942 lies beneath the swords. The center of the wreath is red with a large bird, its wings outstretched. There is a shield with the Slovak cross on bird's chest.
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