Croatia, Independent State. An Italian-Croatian Legion Badge C.1940 Auction Archive marked on pin with 835

marked on pin with 835 for silver fineness

the loop at the shoulder end creating a button hole for the gilt aluminum button with a pebbled upper

Footnote: Unteroffizier Herbert Lassow was a German Luftwaffe radio operator operating solely on the eastern front in the Küstenfliegergruppe 806/Kampfgruppe 806

Fighting in similar environs as that at Weldon Railroad

335 officers and men of that division were killed in action or died of wounds

Croatia, Independent State. An Italian-Croatian Legion Badge C.1940 Auction Archive marked on pin with 835In die stamped aluminum with twelve red lacquered fields, shield shaped, obverse bearing the inscription HRVATSKA (Croatia) above the Croatian coat of arms, plain reverse, unmarked, die holes in all four corners for uniform attachment, measuring 43. 2 mm (w) x 56. 8 mm (h), scattered fine chipping in the red lacquered fields, near extremely fine. Footnote: This type of badge worn from 1941 to 1943 by the Croat volunteers in the Italian sponsored Light