Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Grand Officer, Moslem Version, By Braca Knaus, C.1942 Hold with enameled blue border inscribed

with enameled blue border inscribed “Al Mérito en Campaña” (To Merit in Campaign)

breast Star First Class

the obverse shows the crowned royal cypher of Wilhelm I over the inscription “Dem siegreichen Heere” (“To the victorious army”)

complete with paper backer

taken from the mid-chest upward

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Grand Officer, Moslem Version, By Braca Knaus, C.1942 Hold with enameled blue border inscribed(Red za zasluge). Instituted in 1942. I Class Badge for Moslems, in silver with red enamels, unmarked however exhibiting the manufacturing characteristics of Braca Knaus of Zagreb manufacture, measuring 41. 2 mm (w) x 56. 8 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, without ribbon), remains very fine. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and Decorations composed solely by