Slovakia, Republic. A Hlinka Guard Armband C. 1939 GTRexclude cast white metal

cast white metal

reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch

A 1936 Kreistag Duisburg badge

and light creasing of the cover

Stahel relocated to Finland to fight in the Finnish Civil War

Slovakia, Republic. A Hlinka Guard Armband C. 1939 GTRexclude cast white metalFabricated from rayon and bearing three equal width stripes in white, blue and red, with a Slovak stamp in blue ink on the front panel, the ends of the armband not sewn together, measuring 480 mm (w) x 73 mm (h), lightly soiled, better than very fine. Footnote: The Hlinka Guard (HG) was the militia maintained by the Slovak People's Party in the period from 1938 to 1945; it was named after Andrej Hlinka. The Hlinka Guard was preceded by the Rodobrana