outline of a War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords embossed in silver on the outside lid
Jay retired from active service in the Royal Navy in 1926 and was named Lieutenant Commander (Retired) on August 2
only to be replaced a few months later by the communist Hungarian Soviet Republic
and Victory Medal (730461 PTE
closed with four light brown bakelite buttons meeting an equal number of reinforced button holes hidden from view by the flap of the slit
Czechoslovakia, First Republic. A Liberation Medallion, By Medallic Art Co. Auction outline of a War MeritConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a figure bound to columns with Third Reich images, surrounded by his wife and children, with the Prague skyline prominently featuring St. Vitus Cathedral and the Charles Bridge in the background, above an inscription of CZECHOSLOVAKIA SHALL BE FREE AGAIN, the reverse bearing a Czechoslovakian coat of arms, topped by a date of MARCH 15, 1939, circumscribed by an inscription of REPUBLIKA CESKOSLOVENSKA