Original GERMAN CROAT WWII CROATIAN KNIGHTS CROSS WITH SWORDS OF THE ORDER OF KING ZVONIMIR 1ST CLASS.

GERMAN CROAT WWII CROATIAN KNIGHTS CROSS WITH SWORDS OF THE ORDER OF KING ZVONIMIR 1ST CLASS. This is the Croatian version of the German Knights Cross to the Iron Cross and was widely awarded to Waffen SS officers fighting against Communist Partisans in Yugoslavia. Excellent quality with gold plated edges with white enamel centre. Long length of original neck ribbon, the mount for the ribbon is a period