Croatia, Independent State. Air Force Air Crew Breast Badge, c. 1942. Buy Now the Order of Public Instruction

the Order of Public Instruction and the Order of Benevolence (later the Order of Merit)

The throat is designed with a brass ring that sits in the recessed area carved out of the wood

the base presents an enameled replacement Spanish escutcheon (provenienced by Franco period)

Long Service Cross for 20 Years' Service for NCOs (in bronze gilt

suspended from a blue ribbon

Croatia, Independent State. Air Force Air Crew Breast Badge, c. 1942. Buy Now the Order of Public InstructionIn silver, obverse shows the Croatian coat of arms with the letters NDH above, reverse pinback, 53 mm (h) x 70 mm (w), made by Knaus, evidence of wear, very fine condition. Footnote: Although the badge has no maker mark, it was made by the only manufacturer of this particular badge: Zagreb's Braca Knaus.