Slovakia, I Republic. Two Tank Badges, C.1939 Hold An Austrian Silver Merit Cross

An Austrian Silver Merit Cross by Kunz - In silver and enamels

where 250 Commonwealth prisoners from Hong Kong and 75 Americans from the Philippines soon joined them

California on October 8th

both topped by a single length of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with black and white chevrons

Slovakia, I Republic. Two Tank Badges, C.1939 Hold An Austrian Silver Merit Cross1. Officer's I Class Tank Badge c. 1939 (three piece construction, red, white and blue painted Slovakian coat of arms mounted over a Czech coat of arms, accompanied by a bronze gilt left facing tank and mounted to a silvered bronze base bearing linden leaves, voided in the centre, measuring 51. 8 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), vertical pinback); 2. Late War Officer's I Class Tank Badge (two piece construction, silvered tank, mounted to a silvered bronze base