Yugoslavia, Kingdom. An Order Of The Yugoslav Crown, Iii Class Commander, C,1945 Auction Archive The leather on the case

The leather on the case shows crazing and scuff marks on the exterior from active use

with minor enamel chipping on the centrepiece rings

and revisits in a romanticized manner

the reverse with an analogous blue enameled bearing a Russian Cyrillic inscription of “ЗВАЛЬДЪ ФЕДОРОВИЧЪ МЕРТЕНСЪ” (“EWALD FEDOROVICH MERTENS”)

at the age of 77 and is noted repeatedly in Who's Who in Australia

Yugoslavia, Kingdom. An Order Of The Yugoslav Crown, Iii Class Commander, C,1945 Auction Archive The leather on the case(Orden Jugoslavenske krune). Instituted in 1930. Type II with Laurel Wreath. In silver with red, white, green, light blue and dark blue enamels, measuring 55 mm (w) x 75. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and laterally pierced ball suspension, fine chipping and loss evident in the red enamels on the crown surmounting the royal monogram on the reverse centrepiece, on an original full length neck ribbon, better than very fine. Footnote: The Order of The