Slovakia, First Republic. A Slovak Eastern Front Volunteer M34 Steel Helmet Auction Archive extensive gilt loss evident overall

extensive gilt loss evident overall

Maltese cross in gilt bronze and extremely well preserved white enamels

thus there are some variation in the attributes of the Order

but the cap is in an otherwise extremely fine condition

with a central blockade runner cutting through waves and a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika across the bow

Slovakia, First Republic. A Slovak Eastern Front Volunteer M34 Steel Helmet Auction Archive extensive gilt loss evident overallA well preserved Slovakian M32 steel helmet, constructed of an olive drab painted magnetic metal shell. The lower edge of the exterior is painted with a blue stripe, while the helmet is also flanked on each side by hand painted white Slovak style Patriarchal Crosses. Unusually, affixed to the peak are two German manufactured rank pips, constructed of silvered bronze, representing a higher rank. Seven magnetic metal rives are distributed around the