Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star By Braca Knaus Archive one tip of hook marked

one tip of hook marked with a silver hallmark denoting former Austro-Hungarian Empire

some soiling evident to the exterior

3 RAR remained in Korea until the war ended in 1953

the top end of the rope wrapped around a slotted wooden knob

Alexander FIELD MARSHAL" (Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, I Class Star By Braca Knaus Archive one tip of hook marked(Red za zasluge). Instituted on 10 April 1942. Christian Version. Ladys Issue. A multiple rayed eight armed star in typical Croatian die stamped frosted silver, the obverse consisting of a Croatian style cross moline with red enamelled arms in silver, superimposed by a silver letter "U" with a flaming grenade within the Croatian ahovnica, surrounded by Croatian wattle pattern through the arms also in silver, the reverse presenting a principal pin