Croatia, Independent State. A Medal for the 25th Anniversary of Croatian Independence 1918-1943 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and is commemorated on page

and is commemorated on page 431 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance

Birchall warned of a Japanese attack on the island of Ceylon during the Second World War

SS-Friewilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Nordland"

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The jacket is accompanied by four pages of his service records

Croatia, Independent State. A Medal for the 25th Anniversary of Croatian Independence 1918-1943 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and is commemorated on pageIn bronze gilt, measuring 30 mm in diameter, traces of gilt remains, contact marks, modern triangular ribbon with hook and eye, better than fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on November 30, 1943, to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Croatian independence from Austrian Hungarian rule.