Croatia, Independent State. A Rare Order Of Merit, Grand Cross, Moslem Version, By Braca Knaus, C.1942 Auction A Coastal Artillery Badge -

A Coastal Artillery Badge - by L/56 (Funke & Brüninghaus

an Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)

eight Small "Naval Crown" Buttons (in bronze gilt

In early 1940

the obverse of the cross with a Gold central medallion inscribed with the royal monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm Rex

Croatia, Independent State. A Rare Order Of Merit, Grand Cross, Moslem Version, By Braca Knaus, C.1942 Auction A Coastal Artillery Badge -(Red za zasluge). Instituted in 1942. Badge: insignia with a three piece construction, in silver with red enamels, measuring 49 mm (w) x 68 mm (h), affixed to a large bow tie on a full length period sash that incorporates a decorative moir pattern; and Breast Star: insignia with a three piece construction, in silver with red enamels, mounted to a frosted silver star base, maker marked "BK" (Braa Knaus, Zagreb), hallmarked with a lobster flanked by the