WW2 GOVERNMENT EXILE CZECHOSLOVAKIA WAR SERVICE MEDAL CSR WITH SWORDS IN SILVER

Description

31mm wide circular silvered bronze medal with crossed swords suspension; the face with head and shoulders portraits of three helmeted soldiers facing right, inscribed ‘ZA ZÁSLUHY’ above and ‘Č.S.R’ (Czechoslovak Republic) below; the reverse with a spray of linden leaves imposed on a radiant circular medallion; some loss of silvering; on correct ribbon.

The medal was instituted by the Czechoslovak government in exile in London on 20 April 1943 to be awarded for merit in the war of liberation against German occupation.