Croatia, Independent State. An Anti-Communist Propaganda Leaflet From Metropolitan Germogen, Croatian Orthodox Church Auction Archive 2) A Hindenburg Cross ribbon

2) A Hindenburg Cross ribbon with miniature

the middle ring with Manchu inscriptions on the left and Chinese descriptions on the left

the interior with a padded white satin lid liner bearing an inscription of “VERDIENSTKREUZ II

the obverse bearing a central raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

retaining its original cross

Croatia, Independent State. An Anti-Communist Propaganda Leaflet From Metropolitan Germogen, Croatian Orthodox Church Auction Archive 2) A Hindenburg Cross ribbonConstructed of rose pink paper with black ink, the obverse with text from a speech by Metropolitan Germogen of the Croatian Orthodox Church, appealing for national unity and loyalty to the Croatian Independent State among Orthodox Christians, while condemning communism and the Yugoslav Partisans, the reverse with black and white photographs of Metropolitan Germogen in clerical regalia and in a meeting with Ante Paveli, measuring 235 mm (w) x 313 mm