badge
- Museum number
- 2005,1107.4
- Description
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Stamped badge, made of metal. (whole)
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Silver coloured metal; stamped inscription contained within an illustration of a ribbon; illustration of the Czechoslovak Army logo/the small Czechoslovakian coat of arms (a lion rampant with crossed tail and a shield containing a double-cross above a mountain peak); illustration of two swords; illustration of a turret. (obverse)
- Production date
- 1940
- Dimensions
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Height: 37 millimetres
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Width: 30 millimetres (at widest point)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- One of twenty one badges, formerly belonging to John Tusa, father of Sir John Tusa, a Czech who came to England in 1938 as manager of the British Bata shoe company, the UK outpost of the Czech company. In World War II many Czech army and air force people came to his house.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2005
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- 2005,1107.4