Croatia, Independent State. A Rare Breast Badge for Jewish Citizens, by Braća Knaus consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac stamped with maker’s mark for

stamped with maker’s mark for Carl Halfar of Berlin in black ink

scattered gilt wear and light contact evident

the height and year designations faded and are now illegible

The inside is lined in black cotton and is unmarked

consisting of a white-enamelled hollow 18kt Gold cross with matching Gold knots in the quadrants between the arms of the cross

Croatia, Independent State. A Rare Breast Badge for Jewish Citizens, by Braća Knaus consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac stamped with maker’s mark forConstructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of a yellow disc bearing a raised and blackened letter (idov), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Braa Knaus, Zagreb, measuring 50 mm in diameter, a rare badge introduced on 30 April 1941 to replace a previous cloth version in extremely fine condition.