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

under Field Marshal Walter Model

Footnote: Lewis Edward Lavelle was born on Decembet 1

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

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.