This change was primarily made due to the rapid advances in aircraft (and aircraft bombing technology) that took place between 1920 and 1939
the obverse with a rightward-facing profile of Queen Carola of Saxony
depicted in uniform and wearing Long Service Medal and an 1866 Prague Commemorative Medal
in the Ypres Salient particularly on April 4th to 7th
the Germans subjected the airfield to a severe artillery bombardment
Slovakia, Independent State. Two Second War Medals Archive This change was primarily madeIncludes: 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