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WINNER #1
My Favorite International find for February 2013 is the Silver Slovak Armed Forced Badge of Honour.
Lubos from Ocova, Slovakia, ventured out with his Garrett AT Pro on a very cold Saturday. He detected the banks of a small creek near his village for a couple of hours and finally got a good signal. Lubos tells us, “Thinking it was another piece of junk or something, I was absolutely shocked when I realized what I found. It was a Slovak Badge of Honor for service on the Eastern Front! 1st Class! After a few seconds of silence I began shouting Yes Yes Yes and jumping with happiness like an idiot. It was an amazing moment. I’m really interested in the second world war and I’m collecting relics from both world wars. I’ve always wanted to have this badge in my small collection. Finally, my dream came true. It’s my best find ever!”
Description of badge: Members of the Slovak armed forces who served on the Russian front were rewarded with a Badge of Honour instituted on April 22, 1942. This badge shows the Slovak steel helmet on which is the Slovakian cross and the date 22.VI.1941 (the date of Hitler’s invasion of Russia). Behind the helmet is a sword which pierces and shatters the Russian emblem of star, hammer, and sickle. Behind the sword is a sunburst. The whole is enclosed in an oval wreath of laurel leaves which narrows toward the apex.
It was awarded in silver for combatants, bronze and silver for support units, and bronze for rear echelon personnel.
Congrats Lubos for discovering this amazing piece of WWII history. Lubos WINS a Garrett PRO-POINTER®!
Lubos from Ocova, Slovakia, ventured out with his Garrett AT Pro on a very cold Saturday. He detected the banks of a small creek near his village for a couple of hours and finally got a good signal. Lubos tells us, “Thinking it was another piece of junk or something, I was absolutely shocked when I realized what I found. It was a Slovak Badge of Honor for service on the Eastern Front! 1st Class! After a few seconds of silence I began shouting Yes Yes Yes and jumping with happiness like an idiot. It was an amazing moment. I’m really interested in the second world war and I’m collecting relics from both world wars. I’ve always wanted to have this badge in my small collection. Finally, my dream came true. It’s my best find ever!”
Description of badge: Members of the Slovak armed forces who served on the Russian front were rewarded with a Badge of Honour instituted on April 22, 1942. This badge shows the Slovak steel helmet on which is the Slovakian cross and the date 22.VI.1941 (the date of Hitler’s invasion of Russia). Behind the helmet is a sword which pierces and shatters the Russian emblem of star, hammer, and sickle. Behind the sword is a sunburst. The whole is enclosed in an oval wreath of laurel leaves which narrows toward the apex.
It was awarded in silver for combatants, bronze and silver for support units, and bronze for rear echelon personnel.
Congrats Lubos for discovering this amazing piece of WWII history. Lubos WINS a Garrett PRO-POINTER®!
