Croatia, Independent State. An Order of the Iron Trefoil, I Class Cross, c.1941 Archive A Bestallungsurkunde (Certificate of Appointment)

A Bestallungsurkunde (Certificate of Appointment) to motor vehicle driver driver Gustav Schulze (b

with blue-enamelled laurel branches to the left and right

measuring 50 mm x 31 mm

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IM REICHSARBEITSDIENST” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE REICH LABOUR SERVICE”)

when he was struck off strength upon his enlistment in the Royal Canadian Air Force on March 7

Croatia, Independent State. An Order of the Iron Trefoil, I Class Cross, c.1941 Archive A Bestallungsurkunde (Certificate of Appointment)(Red eljeznog Trolista). Instituted in 1941. Three piece construction, cross in black lacquered non magnetic metal alloy, silvered centerpiece with red and blue enamels, unmarked, measuring 49. 9 mm (w) x 50. 9 mm (h), weighs 36. 13 grams, intact enamels, on its original full length neck ribbon, extremely fine.