Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords, C.1941 Buy Now New Jersey linked ovals insignia

New Jersey linked ovals insignia and marked "STERLING" on the reverse

Footnote: Josef Chalupa was born on August 12

31 mm x 120 mm)

his interest in photography began at the age of 12

The Manufacture of Swords and Daggers)

Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of The Crown Of King Zvonimir, I Class With Swords, C.1941 Buy Now New Jersey linked ovals insignia(Red krune kralja Zvonimira). Instituted in 1941. In bronze gilt with white enamels, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Braca Knaus of Zagreb, consisting of a stylized Croatian Trefoil cross, featuring an inlaid traditional national wattle pattern, (known as the pleter or troplet), obverse centre illustrating the Crown of Zvonimir with crossed swords, reverse inscribed with the dates "1076" (Date of King Zvonimir's Coronation) and "1941"