Czechoslovakia Czech Medal for the "Second National Uprising"

[Guest Rick Research]

All I can find is created in 1946.

The obverse "For faithfulness 1939-1945" is rather inappropriate, since from what I can tell, this is for the May 1945 Prague uprising--continuing after the war had "ended." The "1st National Uprising" was crushed in Slovakia in 1944 when the approaching Red Army was bogged down in the Carpathian mountains for 9 months.

[Belaruski]

Interesting pins! Are all Czech medals like that?

[Guest Rick Research]

I also have a Czech WW2 War Cross with these French style prongs sewn in at the top of the ribbon:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23772

[bolgarin]

Hi.

This medal awarded to all partisipants of anti-fashist strugle in Chehoslovakia during the period 1939-1945. In this period big amount of different partizan squadrooms exist and fight on the territory of occupied Chechoslovakia......

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Belaruski

Quite a few if not all (pre-Soviet influence period) Czech medals

sport the French style pin, I have it on a couple or three including

the post WW1 Czech WW1 Inter-Allied Victory Medal.

Kevin in Deva :cheers:

[bilylev]

Hi,

the original name is Pamětní odznak druhého národního odboje, in English Commemorative Badge of Second National Resistance. This bronze medal was established by the government resolution dated may 14th, 1946. It is quite common, non expensive, no fakes exist . More details here:

http://forum.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/title/Pametni-odznak-druheho-narodniho-odboje/t/105581

Jan