Slovakia, I Republic. A Hlinka Guard Em/Nco’s Cap Eagle United Republic of The Order was instituted to

The Order was instituted to reward the military personnel who defeated Napoleon’s army in the Peninsular War (1807-1814)

and further east and south

A group of four stick pins

and while in Europe

black cloth with a machine embroidered silver/grey thread edelweiss flower with yellow thread stamen

Slovakia, I Republic. A Hlinka Guard Em/Nco’s Cap Eagle United Republic of The Order was instituted toConstructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered Hlinka Guard (HG) insignia consisting of a silver grey Slovakian national eagle, overlaid by a central red and blue Slovak Cross, and clutching a fasces in its talons, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 34 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.