Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star, By Braća Knaus, C.1942 Hold his work cited as "steady

his work cited as "steady

with loop to be worn on a chain

pinned with a gilded bronze medical cypher and rank pip

000 wounded and 4

56 mm (w) x 44

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star, By Braća Knaus, C.1942 Hold his work cited as "steady(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