Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Iron Trefoil, I Class Auction Archive maker marked "644-35-81 PiK Warszawa

maker marked "644-35-81 PiK Warszawa Korzystna 10" on the screwback)

1 Clasp - GOA 1961 (in cupro-nickel

bronze palm on original ribbon with dual prong pinback)

measuring 98 mm (w) x 130 mm (h)

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Iron Trefoil, I Class Auction Archive maker marked "644-35-81 PiK Warszawa(Red eljeznog Trolista). Instituted in 1941. Three piece construction, cross in black lacquered non magnetic metal alloy, silvered centrepiece with red and blue enamels, unmarked but of typical B. Knaus of Zagreb manufacture, measuring 49. 5 mm (w) x 50. 5 mm (h), intact enamels, on its original full length neck ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Iron Trefoil, also known as the Croatian Cross, was the highest military decoration of the