Mecklenburg-Schwerin. A House Order Of The Wendisch Crown, Grand Cross Sash Badge Hold Footnote: The Croatian Defence Forces

Footnote: The Croatian Defence Forces (Croatian: Hrvatske obrambene snage

His citation reads as follows: "Group Captain Leonard J

and a red wool backer

who started the resistance against the Axis forces in 1941

height of the badge is 57mm

Mecklenburg-Schwerin. A House Order Of The Wendisch Crown, Grand Cross Sash Badge Hold Footnote: The Croatian Defence Forces(Hausorden der Wendischen Krone, Grokreuz). Issued 1864 1918. A large Maltese cross constructed of silver gilt, with white enameled arms, and lions between each of the arms of the cross; the the obverse with a central medallion of blue enamels, with a raised silver gilt Wendish crown, surrounded by a ring of red enamels, inscribed Per Aspera Ad Astra (Latin Through Struggle to the Light) in silver gilt capital letters; the reverse with a central