Slovakia, Republic. A War Victory Cross Order, V Class Gold Grade Medal, Civil Division Newly Listed and Bavaria: Military Long Service

and Bavaria: Military Long Service Medal

revealed that an all-out assault on Hill 355 was in the offing

the obverse consisted of a blue and white enameled Bavarian national shield

the obverse with a raised pebbled field

Slovakia, Republic. A War Victory Cross Order, V Class Gold Grade Medal, Civil Division Newly Listed and Bavaria: Military Long Service(Vojenn vitazn kri). Instituted in 1942. In bronze gilt, measuring 35. 8 mm in diameter, original ribbon with pinback, very light contact, greening evident on the reverse, near extremely fine. Footnote: The War Victory Cross was instituted on September 11, 1939 by the Nazi German backed government of the Independent State of Slovakia in three classes and amended in 1942 and 1943 in five classes and three medals. The Order is unusual in that the colour