Croatia, Independent State. An Order of Merit, I Class Badge, Moslem Version GTRexclude one featuring handwritten recipient information

one featuring handwritten recipient information

as Clark had been "wounded in (the) right forearm from shrapnel causing injury to the medial nerve and severing of flexor tendons of (the) fingers

with some loss of finish and surface oxidation evident

the reverse bearing a central raised number “12” situated within a circular oak leaf wreath

Croatia, Independent State. An Order of Merit, I Class Badge, Moslem Version GTRexclude one featuring handwritten recipient information(Red za zasluge). Instituted in 1942. Three piece construction, in silver with red enamels, the badge designed with six petals designating it as the Moslem version, smaller in design for a Moslem woman versus the Men's version, obverse bearing the Ustasha insignia, reverse inscribed "ZA ZASLUGE 10. IV. 1942", measuring 40. 8 mm (w) x 56. 4 mm (h inclusive of its integral ring), intact enamels, original ribbon folded in the correct style and fed