Croatia, Independent State. A Breast Badge Of The Croatian Legion Newly Listed bearing a maker’s label of

bearing a maker’s label of “WÄCHTLER & LANGE

machine embroidered in silvery threads

on brown leather tab marked Friedrich Linden

All awards are in very fine to extremely fine condition

Four brown bakelite buttons are distributed across the interior of the collar

Croatia, Independent State. A Breast Badge Of The Croatian Legion Newly Listed bearing a maker’s label ofConstructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a linden leaf, bearing a central red painted Croatian national emblem, circumscribed by an inscription of HRVATSKA LEGIJA 1941 (CROATIAN LEGION 1942), the reverse with a diagonal pinback, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), with minor loss of finish evident, a rare variation in near extremely fine condition.