Croatia WWII Ante Pavelic Bravery Medal Small Silver Class 1941 1945 by NDH (Scarce Type)

CROATIA (Independent State)- Axis: 
WW2 Bravery Medal of Ante Pavelic - Small Silver 
Class. By NDH (Croatian State Mint).
Period of issue 1941 - 1945. 
Obverse: The portrait of Ante Pavelic. 
Inscribed "POGLAVNIK ANTE PAVELIC" (The 
Leader Ante Pavelic).
Reverse: The Coat of Arms of the Independent 
State of Croatia (Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatsk - NDH). 
Inscribed "ZA HRABROST" (for bravery). 
Dated 1941.
The Medal was created in 1941, by the Axis Puppet, 
the Independent Croatian State (Ustasa of Ante 
Pavelic). 
It was awarded for deeds of personal bravery in the 
face of the enemy to Croatians and to members of 
the Axis Armed Forces, mainly Germans. There
were 4 grades (Golden, Large and Small Silver,
and Bronze).
The Small Silver Medal was almost exclusively 
awarded to the families of fallen Officers.
Maker marked NDH (Croatian State Mint) and 
stamped with the "Rooster" hallmark (the official 
state mark for silver purity).
This is an early SCARCE example of the medal. 
The Croatian State Mint produced mainly just the 
Golden grade of the medal (in silver gilt) while 
almost all the Small Silver Medals were produced 
by Theodore Krivak of Varazdin.

FULL SIZE

WW2 1939 - 1945

Item 100% original – replaced ribbon

Condition as on the photos
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