Australia. Australian Service Longarms And Australian Service Bayonets (Pair) United Republic of A Slovakian Hlinka Guard Leader’s

A Slovakian Hlinka Guard Leader’s Belt Buckle - circa 1940

obverse with a hand painted centrepiece

then joining the 3rd Battalion after his recovery

the reverse presents the scene showing Sir Walter Gilbert receiving the Sikh surrender with the legend TO THE ARMY OF THE PUNJAB above and below MDCCCXLIX (1849)

Australia. Australian Service Longarms And Australian Service Bayonets (Pair) United Republic of A Slovakian Hlinka Guard Leader’s1. Australian Service Longarms by Ian D. Skennerton: hardcover, yellow cloth exterior, copyright 1975, published in 1976 at Margate and printed by Watson Ferguson & Company of Brisbane, ISBN 0 9597438 0 4, inscribed "Of a limited edition of two thousand copies this is number" and numbered in handwritten black ink "882" on the fly page, with six chapters entitled: 1. Australians in Service; 2. Their Longarms Pre Federation; 3. Their Longarms Post