Item #EU20798
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In die-stamped bronze, a shield shaped badge composed of three parts, the top section in white enamel with a golden-yellow lily on a plain background (should be green enamel) on the left, and a red and white enamel of a historical Croatian coat of arms, and the lowerhalf, with blue enamels, sits 10 white six-pointed stars arranged in a circle, the reverse is hollow with a screwpost and nut marked IKOM ZAGREB, measures 29.50mm (w) x 32.32mm (h), weighs 5.7 grams.
Footnote: The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of 10 autonomous cantons with their own governments and legislatures. The Federation was created by the 1994 Washington Agreement, which ended the Croat–Bosniak War within the Bosnian War and established a constituent assembly that continued its work until October 1996.
The Federation has a capital, government, president, parliament, customs and police departments and two postal systems. It occupies about half of the land of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 1996 until 2005 it had its own army, the Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, later merged in the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.