Croatia, Independent State. An Italian-Croatian Legion Badge C.1940 Auction Archive "UNTERWESER" 4

"UNTERWESER" 4

335 officers and men of that division were killed in action or died of wounds

Footnote: Unteroffizier Herbert Lassow was a German Luftwaffe radio operator operating solely on the eastern front in the Küstenfliegergruppe 806/Kampfgruppe 806

Includes: Army of Occupation Medal with Berlin Airlift Device (in bronze

the loop at the shoulder end creating a button hole for the gilt aluminum button with a pebbled upper

Croatia, Independent State. An Italian-Croatian Legion Badge C.1940 Auction Archive "UNTERWESER" 4In die stamped aluminum with twelve red lacquered fields, shield shaped, obverse bearing the inscription HRVATSKA (Croatia) above the Croatian coat of arms, plain reverse, unmarked, die holes in all four corners for uniform attachment, measuring 43. 2 mm (w) x 56. 8 mm (h), scattered fine chipping in the red lacquered fields, near extremely fine. Footnote: This type of badge worn from 1941 to 1943 by the Croat volunteers in the Italian sponsored Light