in the Ypres Salient particularly on April 4th to 7th
the Germans subjected the airfield to a severe artillery bombardment
the obverse consisting of a winged and crowned wheel
overlaid by a central Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika
depicted in uniform and wearing Long Service Medal and an 1866 Prague Commemorative Medal
Slovakia, Independent State. Two Second War Medals Archive in the Ypres Salient particularlyIncludes: 1. Medal of Bravery, III Class Bronze Grade (Vyznamenanie za hrdinstvo). Instituted in 1939. In bronze gilt, measuring 36 mm in diameter, fasces style suspension, "ZA ZASLUHY" (For Merit) device on its original lightly soiled ribbon with pinback. 2. Defence of Slovakia Commemorative Medal 1939, Type II (Pamtn medaila "Za obranu Slovenska 1939"). Instituted in 1939. In bronze, measuring 36. 5 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), with intact ring but missing