Croatia, Independent State. A Ustasha Officer's Brocade Belt Hold Instituted 17 February 1939

Instituted 17 February 1939

with Weimar-

2mm): Royal Order of Francis I (18x26mm)

dagger itself in very good condition and untouched since 1945 (purchased in Zagreb from a family this Summer)

measuring 84 mm (w) x 129 mm (h)

Croatia, Independent State. A Ustasha Officer's Brocade Belt Hold Instituted 17 February 1939Upper bearing a repeating pattern of interlocking loops in maroon embroidery and fine silvered bullion wire, on a gray wool base, supple Chamois leather backer, with a reddish brown leather tab stitched in place to the underside, the tab with with ten rows of two holes each for length adjustment, magnetic metal receiving clip secured in place at one end, the clip exhibiting some surface rust, measuring 43 mm in width x 1,120 mm in length, the gray