Croatia, Independent State. An Italian-Croatian Legion Badge Hold A very fine quality example

A very fine quality example of a German Eagle Order with Swords “Deutscher Adlerorden V

this time to the ocean-going submarine U-43 for five war-patrols

lined interior lid - marked “A

the obverse depicting the leftward facing bust of Friedrich Wilhelm

the ribbon without two thread-like pink stripes in the centre designated it as NCOs/Enlisted Men

Croatia, Independent State. An Italian-Croatian Legion Badge Hold A very fine quality exampleIn die stamped aluminum with red lacquered fields, slightly vaulted, four holes for uniform attachment, measuring 43 mm (w) x 56. 8 mm (h), spotting, very light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: This type of badge worn from 1941 to 1943 by the Croat volunteers in the Italian sponsored Light Transport Regiment (Legione Croata Autotransportabile). Italian Leadership planed to send this Regiment to the Eastern (Russian) front in 1941, however the