Croatia, Independent State. A Rare Paratrooper’s Sleeve Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac reverse with central silvered inscription

reverse with central silvered inscription of “Treue für Führer und Volk” (“Loyality for the Führer and People”) inside an oak leaf wreath

Footnote: The Order of the Polar Star was instituted in 1936 and awarded for military services

48 mm x 56

which allowed him to find employment alongside his father

and sixteen Ribbon Bars (three with a pinback)

Croatia, Independent State. A Rare Paratrooper’s Sleeve Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac reverse with central silvered inscriptionIn blue lacquered die stamped aluminum, 35. 9 mm (w) x 53. 7 mm, with four punched holes, with period wear, fine and rare. Footnote: This type of badge was worn during wartime by trained Croatian Paratroopers, sewn onto left upper arm of a tunic. Only several hundreds Croats trained as paratroopers during WWII.