Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star, By Braća Knaus, C.1942 Newly Listed Four awards dated 1898 (one

Four awards dated 1898 (one with a three-piece construction

constructed of dark green wool with a buckram core and bearing dual machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia

scattered silvering wear on the FSD

set on a 45 mm-long magnetic metal ribbon with a horizontal pinback

Each branch had its own distinctive uniform and working dress

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star, By Braća Knaus, C.1942 Newly Listed Four awards dated 1898 (one(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