Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star By Braca Knaus Buy Now Third Period (1941- ) (five-piece

Third Period (1941- ) (five-piece construction

with minor chipping and cracking visible to the enamels

due to the admission of Vermont and Kentucky into the Union

7 mm inclusive of its enamelled crescent moon and star suspension

constructed of heavily silvered tombac

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star By Braca Knaus Buy Now Third Period (1941- ) (five-piece(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