Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords, C.1941 Auction Archive the effects of the Trench

the effects of the Trench Fever still an issue

but was sent by Thomsen

likely of French manufacture

The decoration was awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces who had served in the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865

(Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe mit Verleihungsurkunden)

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords, C.1941 Auction Archive the effects of the Trench(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"