Croatia, Independent State. An Order of the Crown of King Zvonimir, I. Class with Swords for War Merit consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey SS-style German national eagle

the reverse marked GHO for G

wraparound 'submarine on the seas' photograph cover

illustrating the Slovakian coat-of-arms backed by a ladder and crossed axes

second medal with a bronze citation star

Croatia, Independent State. An Order of the Crown of King Zvonimir, I. Class with Swords for War Merit consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered(Red Krune Kralja Zvonimira). Instituted May 17th, 1941 (c. 1942 issue). A well preserved example of this award, consisting of a Croatian three leaf clover cross, constructed of heavily fire gilded bronze, consisting of a white enameled cross with gilded ornaments and a raised white enameled central medallion bearing the Crown of King Zvonimir with crossed gilded swords in the center, the reverse enameled in white, dated 1076 1941 and inscribed Bog I