Czechoslovakia, I Republic. A First World War Independence Plaque 1914 Newly Listed set within oak leaves and

set within oak leaves and flanked at one end by a cannon and at the other end by a Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

topped by two bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with black chevrons

circa 1880-1890 period manufacture

Minensuchflottille

Czechoslovakia, I Republic. A First World War Independence Plaque 1914 Newly Listed set within oak leaves andConstructed of a bronze alloy with wood, consisting of a relief bearing a central rising sun overlaid by a raised number 14, flanked by a soldier of the Czechoslovak Legion, and topped by an inscription of SVOBOE NA STR (FREEDOM TO GUARD), set within a multi piece dark wooden frame, the lower obverse of the relief bearing an illegible designers mark, measuring 260 mm (w) x 80 mm (w) x 225 mm (h), with some scratching and oxidation evident to the wood