Slovakia, I Republic. A Hlinka Guard Em/Nco’s Cap Eagle Hold loop with maker’s mark and

loop with maker’s mark and with gold hallmark

and Victory Medal (513673 PTE

and by virtue of the provisions of an act made and passed in the sixth year of the reign of King William the fourth

Footnote: Lewis Edward Lavelle was born on Decembet 1

Slovakia, I Republic. A Hlinka Guard Em/Nco’s Cap Eagle Hold loop with maker’s mark andConstructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered Hlinka Guard (HG) insignia consisting of a silver grey Slovakian national eagle, overlaid by a central red and blue Slovak Cross, and clutching a fasces in its talons, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 34 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.