Croatia, Independent State. An Ante Pavelić Bravery Medal, by T. Krivak, c. 1941 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac presenting some scuffing and fraying

presenting some scuffing and fraying of the cover

the letters reading like a romance novel based during war times

and the first nonstop crossing of the Pacific Ocean by air in 1929

oval shaped oak leaf wreath in copperwash feinzink

Temporary Lieutenant (A) John Philip Scott

Croatia, Independent State. An Ante Pavelić Bravery Medal, by T. Krivak, c. 1941 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac presenting some scuffing and fraying(Srebrna Kolajna Poglavnik Ante Paveli za Hrabrost). Instituted December 27th, 1941. Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse with the leftward facing bust of Ante Paveli, circumscribed by his name in Croatian, the reverse bearing a large superimposed U with a central flaming grenade, dated 1941 and inscribed Ready to Defend the Fatherland and For Bravery in capitalized Croatian, unmarked but traditionally manufactured by T. Krivak, Varazdin,