Czechoslovakia, Republic. A Conclusion Czechoslovak Army Armband 1945

In white cotton, lesser coat-of-arms of Czechoslovakia screen-printed in red ink on the front panel, with "ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ ARMÁDA" (Czechoslovak Army) in blue ink overprinting the coat-of-arms, the ends sewn together at the rear, measuring 170 mm (w) x 73 mm (h), soiled, very fine. Footnote: This armband was worn by the Czechoslovak Army at the barricades ("barikady") set up in Prague, as the Second World War was coming to a conclusion in early May 1945.