Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords, C.1941 United Republic of his Instructions to Discharged of

his Instructions to Discharged of Relegated Personnel Form (in English and Polish

in uniform-removed and better than very fine condition

the obverse with a central lion circumscribed by an inscription of “ERHALTEN BLEIBEN MUSS DIE DEUTSCHE NATION” (“THE GERMAN NATION MUST BE PRESERVED”) and oak leaf branches

Extensive service during the Napoleonic Wars followed

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords, C.1941 United Republic of his Instructions to Discharged of(Red krune kralja Zvonimira). Instituted in 1941. In bronze gilt with white enamels, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Braca Knaus of Zagreb, consisting of a stylized Croatian Trefoil cross, featuring an inlaid traditional national wattle pattern, (known as the pleter or troplet), obverse centre illustrating the Crown of Zvonimir with crossed swords, reverse inscribed with the dates "1076" (Date of King Zvonimir's Coronation) and "1941"