Croatia, Independent State. A Field-Made Air Force Mechanic's Badge With Two Photographs, C. 1943, Extremely Rare Original GTRexclude destroyed two machine gun positions

destroyed two machine gun positions and reestablished the route

accompanied by a Colonel Army Rank Eagle Pin

A textbook example of Waffen-SS “Totenkopf” (“Death’s Head”) Division Untersturmführer rank collar tabs

with a reinforced button hole and a pebbled gray finished metal button at the shoulder end

Order for Bravery (impressed "142883")

Croatia, Independent State. A Field-Made Air Force Mechanic's Badge With Two Photographs, C. 1943, Extremely Rare Original GTRexclude destroyed two machine gun positionsIn aluminum with twelve deep red painted fields, obverse illustrating a spread winged eagle standing upon the Croatian shield, with a large gear in the background, the initials "F" and "A" etched on the reverse, measuring 62. 5 mm (w) x 49. 5 mm (h), without attachment, the top left red painted field exhibiting loss and wear, near extremely fine. Accompanied by two black and white photographs: (i) an original one of a trio of soldiers, with the