Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Bronze Grade Auction Archive 1942 and signed in faded

1942 and signed in faded blue ink by the Commander of Fortress Division Kreta (Crete)

measuring 85 mm (w) x 28 mm (h)

Stitched onto the upper left arm is an array of insignia

and clutching a fasces in its talons

McKee presented the Presidential Address to the meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology which he hosted in Montreal

Slovakia, First Republic. A Badge Of Honour For Eastern Front Service, Bronze Grade Auction Archive 1942 and signed in fadedConstructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, surrounding a central sword overlaid by an M32 helmet, the sword plunging into a fractured five pointed star and sickle and hammer, set against stylized sun rays, the reverse with a clip hinge and narrow vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 32. 88 mm (w) x 46. 40 mm (h), weighing 16. 3 grams, in extremely fine