the medal was dye-struck and high in detail, with a bronze finish. on the obverse of the cross there was the small state symbol of czechoslovakia, on the reverse – symbols of the lands in circles: symbol of bohemia in the middle, slovakia above, moravia on the left, silesia on the right, and carpatho-ukraine below. in the spaces around the middle circle, the year 1939 is spread. the medal was suspended from a white ribbon with red and blue stripes.