Depicts a portrait of Milan Rastislav Štefánik. Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919) was a Slovak politician, diplomat and astronomer. During World War I, he served at the same time as a general in the French Army and as Minister of War for Czechoslovakia. As one of the leading members of the Czechoslovak National Council (the resistance government), he contributed decisively to the cause of Czechoslovakian sovereignty, since the status of Czech- and Slovak-populated territories was one of those in question until shortly before the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in 1918. Bratislava Airport (also called Bratislava-Ivanka) was named honorarily as M.R. Štefánik Airport. His personal motto was "To Believe, To Love, To Work" (Veriť, milovať, pracovať).

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