Czechoslovakia. A National Guard Medal 1918-1919 Newly Listed thick cardboard box of issue

thick cardboard box of issue

and a related Foreign Office letter dated 17 may 1920

which services have been brought to notice in accordance with the terms of Army Order 193 of 1919

Richard Harding Davis

the other marked "K

Czechoslovakia. A National Guard Medal 1918-1919 Newly Listed thick cardboard box of issueBronze, engraver marked "O. P." on the reverse, 33. 8 mm x 48. 5 mm inclusive of its crossed swords suspension, bronze star on its original ribbon with dual prong pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was created to recognize the service of members of the National Guard, comprised of volunteers who were not on the reserve list, who maintained order and fought to defend the new state created at the end of the First World War.