Vintage Original Circular Bronze (35mm)Commemorative Medal & Original Ribbon (1938); the medal is rare & from mypersonal collection.
The medal wasawarded in 1938 to the Veterans of the 3rd Freedom Regiment who participated inthe Mass Rally and Celebrations for the 20th Anniversary of the War forIndependence in Brno in 1938.
Obverse shows afemale figure holding a standard in her left hand and in her right hand holdinglinden leaves and a shield with the arms of Slovakia. Also in the background isthe lion of Bohemia, and in the foreground is an oval shield bearing an uprightsword imposed on the arms of Slovakia and circumscribed ‘ČESKLOVENSKÝDOBRUVOLEC 1918-1919’ (Czechoslovak Volunteers 1918-1919), inscribed around theedge ‘PRO REPUBLICU ARMÁDU A DEMOKRACII’ (For the Republican Army andDemocracy). Reverse has ‘ČS’ imposed on a laurel branch and is inscribed‘MANIFESTAČNÍ SJEZD DOBROVOLCŮ LET 1918-1919 A JUBILEJNÍ OSLAVY BÝV. PLUKUSVOBODY III 1938 V BRNĚ’ (Mass Rally of the Volunteers of 1918-1919 for theAnniversary Celebrations of former Third Freedom Regiment at Brno, 1938). Themedal is signed ‘SEBOR O.’ at reverse bottom.
