MINIATURE WW1 INTER ALLIED VICTORY MEDAL CZECHOSLOVAKIA
MINIATURE INTER ALLIED VICTORY MEDAL CZECHOSLOVKIA.
THE IDEA OF AN INTER-ALLIED MEDAL TO COMMEMORATE VICTORY IN WHAT WAS TERMED "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION" IT WAS AGREED THAT EACH OF THE ALLIES SHOULD ISSUE A MEDAL TO THEIR NATIONALS FEATURING A FIGURE REPRESENTING "VICTORY" ON THE FRONT, THE MEDAL WAS INSTITUTED ON 27th JULY 1920 AND THE AWARD CRITERIA SET OUT ON 13th FEBUARY 1922, BEING ESSENTIALLY THOSE WHO HAD FOUGHT WITH THE CZECH REVOLUTIONARY ARMY OR THE LEGION IN FRANCE,ITALY,SERBIA OR RUSSIA, OR WHO HAD FOUGHT IN THE ARMED FORCES OF AN ALLIED COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION OR WHO HAD BEEN ACCREDITED TO THE ALLIES AS A CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CZECH PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT BASED IN PARIS.
AN EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY DIE STUCK MEDAL WITH SUPERB DETAIL.
ALL MEDALS COME WITH 6" LENGTH OF RIBBON
THE IDEA OF AN INTER-ALLIED MEDAL TO COMMEMORATE VICTORY IN WHAT WAS TERMED "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION" IT WAS AGREED THAT EACH OF THE ALLIES SHOULD ISSUE A MEDAL TO THEIR NATIONALS FEATURING A FIGURE REPRESENTING "VICTORY" ON THE FRONT, THE MEDAL WAS INSTITUTED ON 27th JULY 1920 AND THE AWARD CRITERIA SET OUT ON 13th FEBUARY 1922, BEING ESSENTIALLY THOSE WHO HAD FOUGHT WITH THE CZECH REVOLUTIONARY ARMY OR THE LEGION IN FRANCE,ITALY,SERBIA OR RUSSIA, OR WHO HAD FOUGHT IN THE ARMED FORCES OF AN ALLIED COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION OR WHO HAD BEEN ACCREDITED TO THE ALLIES AS A CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CZECH PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT BASED IN PARIS.
AN EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY DIE STUCK MEDAL WITH SUPERB DETAIL.
ALL MEDALS COME WITH 6" LENGTH OF RIBBON
