Croatia, Independent State. A Breast Badge Of The Croatian Legion Archive TORNIUS TARTU 9 SUURTURG" on

TORNIUS TARTU 9 SUURTURG" on the screwback

featuring a fold down back and side panels which slope downwards and button at the front with two buttons on the left and two threaded reinforced buttoning holes on the right

1943 and early 1944

Following in his father's footsteps

Croatia, Independent State. A Breast Badge Of The Croatian Legion Archive TORNIUS TARTU 9 SUURTURG" onConstructed 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.