Slovakia, I Republic. A Military Sports Badge, I Class In Gold Auction Footnote: Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma

Footnote: Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (1891–1948) was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

Mabel Herod of West Brantford

Ontario on October 22

flanked by the numbers "19" at the left and "38" at the right (the date: 1938)

and is also stamped with a black ink size mark of “57 ½”

Slovakia, I Republic. A Military Sports Badge, I Class In Gold Auction Footnote: Wilhelm Ritter von ThomaConstructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a red, white, and blue enameled banner overlaid by initials OAP, overlaid by a black enameled triangle bearing a Slovak national eagle clutching a wreath, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 46 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.