Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star By Braca Knaus Buy Now in blue pocket of issue

in blue pocket of issue (showing age

In die stamped silver washed bronze

due to the admission of Vermont and Kentucky into the Union

with minor chipping and cracking visible to the enamels

7 mm inclusive of its enamelled crescent moon and star suspension

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star By Braca Knaus Buy Now in blue pocket of issue(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