Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star, By Braća Knaus, C.1942 GTRexclude all three with intact enamels)

all three with intact enamels)

a Photograph of Walter H

Mary the Virgin

men and women

inscribed MERITO AGRICOLA

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star, By Braća Knaus, C.1942 GTRexclude all three with intact enamels)(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