Slovakia. An Army Racing Team Oap Badge, Second Class Auction maker marked "GEMSCO" on the

maker marked "GEMSCO" on the backers

Very dark patina on the BWM

until the attack of January 1917

clasp on an original ribbon

Ivory-coloured celluolid grip features a series of ten parallel ridges

Slovakia. An Army Racing Team Oap Badge, Second Class Auction maker marked "GEMSCO" on theIn silvered bronze and enamels, 35 mm x 47 mm, pinback, with minimal contact to enamels, worn however remains extremely fine and rare. Footnote: The badge was created in the fall of 1940 by the OAP organization and awarded at the bequest and orders of the Minister of Defence, January 21, 1941. Units of sport date back to 1940 with the creation of a football (soccer) team, then a hockey team and other sports sections followed, which represented the