Austria, Empire/Croatia. A Rare First War Croatian Diaspora Medal, Made in Chicago consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac two metal Belt Buckles

two metal Belt Buckles

then assigned to the U

on loop for suspension from a functional metal spring clip

residing there for eight months

marked 1942 on the reverse

Austria, Empire/Croatia. A Rare First War Croatian Diaspora Medal, Made in Chicago consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac two metal Belt BucklesA very rare, unofficial decoration, in bronze, the obverse featuring the bust of Francis Joseph I, surrounded by the inscription FRANCJO JOSIP I KRALJ HRVATSKE SLAVONIJE I DALMACIJE (Francis Joseph I, King of Croatian Slavonia and Dalmatia), the reverse bears the inscription USPOMENA NA SVIJETSKI RAT 1914 1915 (MEMORIAL OF THE WORLD WAR 1914 1915), the reverse marked G. D. CHI[?]DS. & CO CHICAGO, measures 30. 6 mm (w) x 47. 2 mm (h), weighs 19. 5