Croatia, Independent State. A Ustasha Nco's Belt Auction Archive hand embroidered in gilded flat

hand embroidered in gilded flat wire on Luftwaffe colored gray thick wool

In die-stamped silvered bronze with red enamels

Hill was later promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal and was wounded in the French theatre

he was employed as a Shoemaker

Awarded only to members of the Merchant Marine

Croatia, Independent State. A Ustasha Nco's Belt Auction Archive hand embroidered in gilded flatUpper bearing a repeating pattern of interlocking loops in maroon embroidery, on a gray wool base, supple Chamois leather backer, with a reddish brown leather tab stitched in place to the underside, the tab with with eleven rows of two holes each for length adjustment, magnetic metal receiving clip secured in place at one end, the clip exhibiting some surface rust, measuring 43 mm in width x 1,220 mm in length, the maroon embroidery coming away from