Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords, C.1941 United Republic of A Miniature Austrian Order of

A Miniature Austrian Order of Franz Joseph - Silver gilt and enamels

the obverse with a Werkschutz-style German national eagle overlaid by a mobile swastika

consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core inside of a silver frame

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Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords, C.1941 United Republic of A Miniature Austrian Order of(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"