An 8 pointed silver star with gold centre
In the same year he achieved the rank of Unteroffizier
at Christmas 1938
with Conroy's group then circling through the region
small enamel chipping on the reverse centrepiece ring and the leafing on the wreath
Croatia, Independent State. An Order Of King Zvonimir's Crown, I Class, Civil Division, C.1942 Newly Listed An 8 pointed silver star(Red krune kralja Zvonimira). Instituted in 1941. Badge: in bronze gilt with white enamels, unmarked but of typical Braca Knaus of Zagreb manufacture, measuring 50. 5 mm (w) x 51. 5 mm (h), on a shortened civil division neck ribbon); and Breast Star: cross in bronze gilt with white enamels, mounted to an eight pointed silver star base, maker marked "GK" (Griesbach and Knaus), NDH state hallmarked, along with Serbian hallmarked with a woman's head with