Croatia. A Russian Service Badge, C.1944 Buy Now Medal bars mounted Croatian styles

Medal bars mounted Croatian styles are very rare

repeating ornate pattern around the circumference near the mouth

taking Gertrude Lenora Carmichael as his wife

Raban’s Gesundheitsblatt (health paper) carries a stamp that places him in the SS Totenkopf unit guarding the KZ Buchenwald

holding the haft firmly in place

Croatia. A Russian Service Badge, C.1944 Buy Now Medal bars mounted Croatian stylesCroatia; Silvered aluminum with red lacquered fields, unmarked, 40 mm x 39. 2 mm, horizontal pinback, scattered chipping in the red lacquered fields, near extremely fine. Footnote: This badge was awarded to Croatian officers and men who served on the Russian Front.