Croatia, Independent State. An Order of Merit, I Class Badge, Moslem Version Republic of pin on reverse shortened (to

pin on reverse shortened (to fit into marble plaque) otherwise good very fine condition with excellent details and of very fine quality

along with incorporating a locket

Footnote: William Thomas Cubitt enlisted with the Royal Fleet Auxillary during the First World War as William Thomas Collins

An Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne badge (Paris

Croatia, Independent State. An Order of Merit, I Class Badge, Moslem Version Republic of pin on reverse shortened (to(Red za zasluge). Instituted in 1942. Three piece construction, in silver with red enamels, the badge designed with six petals designating it as the Moslem version, smaller in design for a Moslem woman versus the Men's version, obverse bearing the Ustasha insignia, reverse inscribed "ZA ZASLUGE 10. IV. 1942", measuring 40. 8 mm (w) x 56. 4 mm (h inclusive of its integral ring), intact enamels, original ribbon folded in the correct style and fed