Croatia, Independent State. A Breast Badge Of The Croatian Legion Newly Listed Maryland on June 15

Maryland on June 15

a center for the manufacturing of farm tools and house wares

Four brown bakelite buttons are distributed across the interior of the collar

bearing a maker’s label of “WÄCHTLER & LANGE

machine embroidered in silvery threads

Croatia, Independent State. A Breast Badge Of The Croatian Legion Newly Listed Maryland on June 15Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a linden leaf, bearing a central red painted Croatian national emblem, circumscribed by an inscription of HRVATSKA LEGIJA 1941 (CROATIAN LEGION 1942), the reverse with a diagonal pinback, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), with minor loss of finish evident, a rare variation in near extremely fine condition.