Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class Cross, With Oak Leaves, By B. Knaus, C.1941 Auction Deputy Clerk of the Peace

Deputy Clerk of the Peace

brass chape and locket each held in place by a single staple

the blades of large fasces framing a blank tablet in the centre below

A grouping of an Iron Cross 1914 Second Class

to try to prevent the transfers of munitions and materials to the German war front by enemy rail cars

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class Cross, With Oak Leaves, By B. Knaus, C.1941 Auction Deputy Clerk of the Peace(Red krune kralja Zvonimira). Instituted on May 15, 1941. Of typical B. Knaus of Zagreb manufacture, an enameled white four armed cross with ornamented arms constructed of heavily gilded bronze, superposed by an enameled green crossed oak leaves, with enameled white central medallion bearing by a Croatia crown, reverse showing the years 1076 (King Zvonimirs crowning) and 1941 (the establishment of the NDH), with the central inscription BOG I HRVATI