Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords For War Merit Newly Listed Coastal Artillery breast eagle

Coastal Artillery breast eagle

with test mark at 9 o'clock

Instituted in 1964 (in bronze gilt with blue and white enamels

the obverse presents a superimposed enameled white four armed cross with ball finials in silver gilt

suspicious

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords For War Merit Newly Listed Coastal Artillery breast eagle(Red krune kralja Zvonimira). Instituted in 1941. Two piece construction, in bronze gilt with white enamels, measuring 50. 5 mm (w) x 52 mm (h), scuffing evident on the enamels but are intact, scattered gilt loss, on its original full length neck ribbon with buckle closure, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Crown of King Zvonimir was an order awarded by the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). It was established as a "visible sign of