Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords, C.1941 United Republic of the letter opener measuring 195

the letter opener measuring 195 mm

It was formally approved by the Queen for award to those who served on the Arctic Convoys during the Second World War

with the German night fighters able to find the bombing stream

beside a standing ancient Roman soldier with spear and shield

with the hostile shelling in the artillery area very slight until about 7:00 a

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords, C.1941 United Republic of the letter opener measuring 195(Red krune kralja Zvonimira). Instituted in 1941. In bronze gilt with white enamels, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Braca Knaus of Zagreb, consisting of a stylized Croatian Trefoil cross, featuring an inlaid traditional national wattle pattern, (known as the pleter or troplet), obverse centre illustrating the Crown of Zvonimir with crossed swords, reverse inscribed with the dates "1076" (Date of King Zvonimir's Coronation) and "1941"