Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, Moslem Version, C.1942 Archive suspended from a ribbon and

suspended from a ribbon and chain (worn as a watch for

with crossed branches of oak and laurel leaves below

The interior is lined in red cotton and is stamped in black ink in the dome with the "CLEMENS WAGNER BRAUNSCHWEIG-HAMBURG" maker mark inside an oval

on loop for suspension from period original ribbon bearing the gilded number 50 in an open wreath of two oak leaves crossed below

from January 10 to February 20

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, Moslem Version, C.1942 Archive suspended from a ribbon andA Croatian Order of Merit, Rare Moslem Version Man's Third Class Breast Badge, "Moslem version" in shape of lily, as issued to male Moslem recipient (of Bosnia Herzegovina), 35mm(w) x 47. 6mm(h), suspended from (replacement) triangular ribbon, unmarked, but of typical "Braca Knaus, Zagreb" manufacture, in extremely fine condition and extremely rare. Footnote: The Croatian Order of Merit, instituted in 1942, have some unique features amongst WWII