Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of King Zvonimir's Crown,I Class With Oak Leaves, C.1941 GTRexclude within a stamped gilded circular

within a stamped gilded circular oak leaf wreath overlaid with ribbons and bearing an introduction year of “1941” at the bottom”

the obverse overlaid by a central NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

with only one minor rip near the bottom of the tunic

Bartylla suffered a lung injury caused by grenade shrapnel

featuring both colour illustrations and black-and-white period photographs

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of King Zvonimir's Crown,I Class With Oak Leaves, C.1941 GTRexclude within a stamped gilded circularThree piece construction, bronze gilt with white enamels, unmarked but of typical B. Knaus of Zagreb manufacture, 49. 5 mm x 51 mm, on a shorten neck ribbon with snap closures at either end, intact enamels, extremely fine.