Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star, By Braća Knaus, C.1942 Hold pinned with a gilded bronze

pinned with a gilded bronze medical cypher and rank pip

mint and unissued condition

original faded ribbons on all six

measuring 58 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

3 mm (w) x 32 mm (h))

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star, By Braća Knaus, C.1942 Hold pinned with a gilded bronze(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