Croatia, Independent State. An Observer and Navigator Badge, by Braća Knaus certificate_of_authenticity (Leopold Orden Ritterkreuz)

(Leopold Orden Ritterkreuz)

worn condition and clearly uniform removed

and a Long Service ribbon

Not much is known about the purpose of this badge

on a loop for suspension from a gilded

Croatia, Independent State. An Observer and Navigator Badge, by Braća Knaus certificate_of_authenticity (Leopold Orden Ritterkreuz)Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of knotted trefoil style wreath, joined together at the bottom by a red painted Croatian national emblem, topped by initials NDH (Nezavisna Drava Hrvatska Independent State of Croatia), overlaid by a Croatian national eagle with its wings fully outstretched, clutching three lightning bolts in its talons, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened tapering pinback meeting a round wire catch,