Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star, By Braća Knaus, C.1942 Archive secured on both sides by

secured on both sides by bronze gilt buttons with the Infantry insignia

The son of a wealthy textile manufacturer

1944 and signed in black ink by a Lieutenant and Company Leader

lined with white satin

an iron cross paty constructed of non-magnetic metal and enamels

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star, By Braća Knaus, C.1942 Archive secured on both sides by(Red za zasluge). Instituted on 10 April 1942. Christian Version. Ladys Issue. A multiple rayed eight armed star in typical Croatian die stamped frosted silver, the obverse consisting of a Croatian style cross moline with red enamelled arms in silver, superimposed by a silver letter "U" with a flaming grenade within the Croatian ahovnica, surrounded by Croatian wattle pattern through the arms also in silver, the reverse presenting a principal pin