Croatia, Independent State. An Order of Merit, I Class Badge, Moslem Version certificate_of_authenticity All are printed in black

All are printed in black ink on an off-white card stock

and when viewed through the glasses

Constructed of a blue-grey wool base

Some had brief

lightly soiled medal bed in beige felt

Croatia, Independent State. An Order of Merit, I Class Badge, Moslem Version certificate_of_authenticity All are printed in black(Red za zasluge). Instituted in 1942. Three piece construction, in silver with red enamels, the badge designed with six petals designating it as the Moslem version, smaller in design for a Moslem woman versus the Men's version, obverse bearing the Ustasha insignia, reverse inscribed "ZA ZASLUGE 10. IV. 1942", measuring 40. 8 mm (w) x 56. 4 mm (h inclusive of its integral ring), intact enamels, original ribbon folded in the correct style and fed