Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords, C.1941 United Republic of with the German night fighters

with the German night fighters able to find the bombing stream

with the hostile shelling in the artillery area very slight until about 7:00 a

Air Force Headquarters Badge (in bronze with a copper-coloured finish

surrounded by two laurel leaves on a blue background

inside lid and medal bed lined in white satin

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords, C.1941 United Republic of with the German night fighters(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"