Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, Rare Lady's Moslem Version United Republic of This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 451 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

a Kriegsmarine Obergefreiter sleeve insignia

while the other (rank) tab is plain black velvety cloth

18 mm x 44

The Wellington having been hit by flak and catching fire tried to escape but without success

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of Merit, Rare Lady's Moslem Version United Republic of This particular buckle is illustratedLady's Third Class Breast Badge, "Moslem version" in shape of lily, as issued to female Moslem recipient (of Bosnia Herzegovina), 26. 0mm(w) x 35. 0mm(h), suspended from original bow style ribbon, unmarked, but of typical "Braca Knaus, Zagreb" manufacture, in extremely fine condition and extremely rare. Footnote: The Croatian Order of Merit, instituted in 1942, have some unique features amongst WWII period awards, most notably, there are two versions: